Bückeberg Formation
{{Short description|Geological formation in Germany}}
{{Infobox rockunit
| name = Bückeberg Formation
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| type = Formation
| age = Berriasian
~{{fossilrange|145|140}}
| period = Berriasian
| prilithology = Mudstone
| otherlithology = Sandstone, coal
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| region = Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
| country = Germany
| coordinates = {{coord|52.3|N|9.2|E|display=inline,title}}
| paleocoordinates = {{coord|43.5|N|17.2|E|display=inline}}
| unitof = Lower Saxony Basin
| subunits = Ostenwald & Obernkirchen Sandstein Members
| underlies = Stadthagen Formation
| overlies = Münder Formation
| thickness = Over {{convert|500|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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| map = {{Location map+ | Germany
| relief = 1
| width = 250
| float = center
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{{Location map~ | Germany
| lat_deg = 52.3
| lon_deg = 9.2
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| marksize = 10
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The Bückeberg Formation is a geologic formation and LagerstätteHornung et al., in Reitner et al., 2013, p.75 in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Berriasian of the Cretaceous period.Hornung et al., 2012 The Bückeberg Formation has previously been considered to constitute the "German Wealden" in reference to its similarity to the Wealden Group in the United Kingdom.Richter, 2011 More recently it has been considered a group, containing the Isterberg and Deister Formations. The plesiosaur Brancasaurus,Sachs et al., 2016 an indeterminate ankylosaur referred to Hylaeosaurus,Sachs & Hornung, 2013 the turtle Dorsetochelys are known from the formation.
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References
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= Bibliography =
- {{citation |last1=Sachs |first1=S. |last2=Hornung |first2=J.J. |last3=Kear |first3=B.P. |year=2016 |title=Reappraisal of Europe's most complete Early Cretaceous plesiosaurian: Brancasaurus brancai Wegner, 1914 from the "Wealden facies" of Germany |journal=PeerJ |volume=4 |pages=e2813 |doi=10.7717/peerj.2813 |doi-access=free |pmc=5183163 |pmid=28028478}}
- {{citation |last1=Sachs |first1=Sven |last2=Hornung |first2=Jahn J. |year=2013 |title=Ankylosaur Remains from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) of Northwestern Germany |journal=PLoS ONE |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=e60571 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0060571 |doi-access=free |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=3616133 |pmid=23560099}}
- {{citation |last1=Reitner |first1=Joachim |first2=Yang |last2=Qun |first3=Wang |last3=Yongdong |first4=Mike |last4=Reich |year=2013 |title=Palaeobiology and Geobiology of Fossil Lagerstätten through Earth History |url=https://www.univerlag.uni-goettingen.de/bitstream/handle/3/isbn-978-3-86395-135-1/fossil_lagerstaetten.pdf?sequence=1 |publisher=Universitätsverlag Göttingen |pages=1–218 |accessdate=2020-09-15 |isbn=978-3-86395-135-1}}
- {{citation |last1=Hornung |first1=Jahn J. |last2=Böhme |first2=Annina |last3=van der Lubbe |first3=Torsten |last4=Reich |first4=Mike |last5=Richter |first5=Annette |year=2012 |title=Vertebrate tracksites in the Obernkirchen Sandstone (late Berriasian, Early Cretaceous) of northwest Germany— their stratigraphical, palaeogeographical, palaeoecological, and historical context |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=86 |issue=3 |pages=231–267 |doi=10.1007/s12542-012-0131-7 |bibcode=2012PalZ...86..231H |issn=0031-0220|doi-access=free }}
- {{citation |last=Richter |first=Annette |year=2011 |title=The 'German Wealden' and the Obernkirchen Sandstone – an Introduction in Dinosaur Tracks 2011: an international symposium, Obernkirchen, April 14-17, 2011 : abstract volume and field guide to excursions |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235944273 |publisher=Universitätsverlag Göttingen |pages= |isbn=978-3-86395-105-4}} {{oclc|852208407}}
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Category:Lower Cretaceous Series of Europe
Category:Ichnofossiliferous formations