Volpriehausen Formation

{{Short description|Geological formation in the Netherlands and Germany}}

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| age = Permian

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| country = Germany
Netherlands

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The Volpriehausen Formation is a geologic formation in the Netherlands{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iot9CAAAQBAJ&dq=Volpriehausen+Formation&pg=RA1-PA13 |title = Geology of Gas and Oil under the Netherlands: Selection of papers presented at the 1993 International Conference of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, held in the Hague|isbn = 9789400901216|last1 = Rondeel|first1 = H. E.|last2 = Batjes|first2 = D. A. J.|last3 = Nieuwenhuijs|first3 = W. H.|date = 2012-12-06}}{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0KXptTYvKv8C&dq=Volpriehausen+Formation&pg=PA763 |title = The Geology of Central Europe: Mesozoic and Cenozoic|isbn = 9781862392649|last1 = McCann|first1 = Tom|year = 2008}} and Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Permian period.{{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|df= dmy-all}}