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Festningen Sandstone

Coordinates: 78°06′N 14°00′E / 78.1°N 14.0°E / 78.1; 14.0
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Festningen Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Barremian
~125–120 Ma
TypeMember
Unit ofHelvetiafjellet Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
Coordinates78°06′N 14°00′E / 78.1°N 14.0°E / 78.1; 14.0
Approximate paleocoordinates69°24′N 17°30′E / 69.4°N 17.5°E / 69.4; 17.5
RegionSvalbard
Country Norway
Festningen Sandstone is located in Svalbard
Festningen Sandstone
Festningen Sandstone (Svalbard)

The Festningen Sandstone is an Early Cretaceous (Barremian) geologic formation in Svalbard, in the far north of Norway. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1][2][3][4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 517-607
  2. ^ Dinosaur tracks
  3. ^ Festningen Sandstone at Fossilworks.org
  4. ^ Lockley & Meyer, 2000, pp.220-222

Bibliography

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  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
  • Lockley, Martin G.; Meyer, C.A. (2000), Dinosaur Tracks and other fossil footprints of Europe, Columbia University Press, New York, ISBN 0-231-10710-2

Further reading

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  • J. H. Hurum, J. Milàn, Hammer Midtkandal, H. Amundsen, and B. Sæther. 2006. Tracking polar dinosaurs—new finds from the Lower Cretaceous of Svalbard. Norwegian Journal of Geology 86:397-402
  • A. F. d. Lapparent. 1960. Découverte de traces de pas de Dinosauriens dans le Crétacé du Spitzberg [Discovery of dinosaur footprints in the Cretaceous of Siptzbergen]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 251:1399-1400