Schrambach Formation
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| type = Formation
| age = Berriasian-Barremian
| period = Hauterivian
| prilithology = Limestone
| otherlithology = Marl
| namedfor = Schrambach
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| country = Austria, Germany
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| paleocoordinates = {{coord|31.0|N|23.1|E|display=inline}}
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| extent = Northern Limestone Alps
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| lat_deg = 47.9
| lon_deg = 14.4
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The Schrambach Formation is a geologic formation in the Northern Limestone Alps of Austria and Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Early Cretaceous period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Schrambach&group_formation_member=Schrambach Schrambach Formation] at Fossilworks.org
See also
References
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Further reading
- A. Lukeneder and D. Rehakova. 2004. Lower Cretaceous Section of the Ternberg Nappe (Northern Calcareous Alps, Upper Austria): facies-changes, biostratigraphy and paleoecology. Geologica Carpathica 55(3):227-237
- A. Lukeneder. 2003. The Karsteniceras level: Dysoxic ammonoid beds within the Early Cretaceous (Barremian, Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria). Facies 49(1):87-100
- A. Lukeneder and K. Tanabe. 2002. In situ finds of aptychi in the Barremian of the Alpine Lower Cretaceous (Northern Calcareous Alps, Upper Austria). Cretaceous Research 23:15-24
- T. Steiger. 1992. Systematik, Stratigraphie und Palökologie der Radiolarien des Oberjura-Unterkreide-Grenzbereiches im Osterhorn-Tirolikum (Nördliche Kalkalpen, Salzburg und Bayern). Zitteliana 19:1-188
External links
- {{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org|access-date= 17 December 2021}}
Category:Lower Cretaceous Series of Europe
Category:Paleontology in Austria