Schönleiten Formation

Schönleiten Formation
Schönleiten Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Turonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Gosau Group
Underlies	Noth Formation
Overlies	Kreuzgraben Formation
Thickness	up to 200 metres (660 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Shale
Other	Sandstone, coal
Location
Country	Austria
Extent	Gams Basin

The Schönleiten Formation is a geological formation in Austria. Part of the Gosau Group it was deposited during the later Turonian of the Cretaceous period. It primarily consists of grey, weathered yellow shales and dense sandstone, with coal bearing shales near the base. The remains of indeterminate frogs, snakes, Tethysaurines, crocodylians and the teeth of cf. Paronychodon and other indeterminate theropod dinosaurs are known from the formation.^[1]

References[edit]

^ Ősi, Attila; Szabó, Márton; Kollmann, Heinz; Wagreich, Michael; Kalmár, Réka; Makádi, László; Szentesi, Zoltán; Summesberger, Herbert (July 2019). "Vertebrate remains from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) Gosau Group of Gams, Austria" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 99: 190–208. Bibcode:2019CrRes..99..190O. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.03.001. S2CID 134929335.

[1] Ősi, Attila; Szabó, Márton; Kollmann, Heinz; Wagreich, Michael; Kalmár, Réka; Makádi, László; Szentesi, Zoltán; Summesberger, Herbert (July 2019). "Vertebrate remains from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) Gosau Group of Gams, Austria" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 99: 190–208. Bibcode:2019CrRes..99..190O. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.03.001. S2CID 134929335.

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