Hassberge Formation Explained

Hassberge Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Carnian (Tuvalian) ~
Period:	Carnian
Prilithology:	Sandstone
Otherlithology:	Shale
Namedfor:	Hassberge
Region:	Bavaria
Coordinates:	50°N 10.7°W
Paleocoordinates:	27.4°N 13.1°W
Unitof:	Keuper
Subunits:	Blasensandstein & Coburger Sandstein members
Underlies:	Mainhardt Formation
Overlies:	Steigerwald Formation
Extent:	Southern Germanic Basin

The Hassberge Formation is a geologic formation in Bavaria, Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carnian stage of the Triassic period.^[1]

Fossil content

Insects

Coleoptera

• Carabilarva triassica
• Dinoharpalus coptoclavoides^[2]
• Larvula triassica^[3]
• Protonectes germanicus^[3]
• Stargelytron larissae^[2]
• Zygadenia sp.^[3]
• Coptoclavidae indet.^[4]

Invertebrates

• Euestheria kozuri^[5]
• Gregoriusella striatula^[5]
• Laxitextella dorsorecta^[5]
• L. freybergi^[5]

Ichnofossils

• Apatopus lineatus^[6]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany
• Benkersandstein, contemporaneous ichnofossiliferous formation of Bavaria
• Chañares Formation, fossiliferous formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin, Argentina
• Candelária Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Paraná Basin, Brazil
• Molteno Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Lesotho and South Africa
• Pebbly Arkose Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe
• Denmark Hill Insect Bed, contemporaneous fossiliferous unit of Queensland, Australia
• Madygen Formation, contemporaneous Lagerstätte of Kyrgyzstan

References

Bibliography

Notes and References

1. Hassberge Formation
2. Ponomarenko et al., 2015
3. Prokin et al., 2013
4. Fedorenko, 2014
5. Geyer & Kelber, 2018
6. Klein & Lucas, 2013