Solling Formation

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| name = Solling Formation

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| type = Formation

| age = Olenekian-Anisian
(Spathian-Aegean)
~{{fossil range|251.3|242}}

| period = Anisian

| prilithology = Claystone

| otherlithology = Siltstone

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| region = Bavaria, Niedersachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thuringia

| country = Germany

| coordinates = {{coord|50.3|N|11.0|E|display=inline,title}}

| paleocoordinates = {{coord|16.2|N|19.7|E|display=inline}}

| unitof = Buntsandstein Group

| subunits = Solling-Bausandstein & Chirotherium Sandstone Members

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| lat_deg = 51.8

| lon_deg = 11.7

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The Solling Formation is a geologic formation in Germany.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Buntsandstein&formation=Solling&group_formation_member=Solling Solling Formation] at Fossilworks.org Formerly considered earliest Triassic (Induan), but later dating places the formation from the Olenekian to Anisian of the Triassic period.

Description

The formation is subdivided into three members, the lower Solling-Bausandstein Member, the Trendelburg/Karlshafen Beds and the upper Chirotherium Sandstone Member.

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

= Temnospondyls =

= Reptiles =

= Flora =

See also

References

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= Bibliography =

  • {{citation |last=Schoch |first=R. R |year=2018 |title=The temnospondyl Parotosuchus nasutus (v. Meyer, 1858) from the Early Triassic Middle Buntsandstein of Germany |journal=Palaeodiversity |volume=11 |pages=107–126|doi=10.18476/pale.11.a6 }}
  • {{citation |last=Säilä |first=L. K |year=2008 |title=The Osteology and Affinities of Anomoiodon liliensterni, a Procolophonid Reptile from the Lower Triassic Buntsandstein of Germany |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=28 |issue=4 |pages=1199–1205|doi=10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1199 |bibcode=2008JVPal..28.1199S }}
  • {{citation |last1=Broili |first1=F. |first2=E. |last2=Fischer |year=1917 |title=Trachelosaurus fischeri nov. gen. nov. sp. Ein neuer Saurier aus dem Buntsandstein von Bernburg |journal=Jahrbuch der Königlich Preussischen geologischen Landesanstalt zu Berlin |volume=37 |pages=359–414}}
  • {{citation |last=von Huene |first=F |year=1911 |title=Ueber die Procolophoniden, mit einer neuen Form aus dem Buntsandstein |journal=Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie |volume=1911 |pages=78–83}}
  • {{citation |last=von Huene |first=F |year=1902 |title=Übersicht über die Reptilien der Trias - Review of the Reptilia of the Triassic |journal=Geologische und Paläontologische Abhandlungen (Neue Serie) Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena |volume=6 |pages=1–84}}

Further reading