Solling Formation Explained

Solling Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Olenekian-Anisian (Spathian-Aegean) ~
Period:	Anisian
Prilithology:	Claystone
Otherlithology:	Siltstone
Region:	Bavaria, Niedersachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thuringia
Country:	Germany
Coordinates:	50.3°N 11°W
Paleocoordinates:	16.2°N 19.7°W
Unitof:	Buntsandstein Group
Subunits:	Solling-Bausandstein & Chirotherium Sandstone Members

The Solling Formation is a geologic formation in Germany.^[1] 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:^[1]

Temnospondyls

• Parotosuchus nasutus^[2]
• Trematosaurus brauni^[2]

Reptiles

• Anomoiodon liliensterni^[3]
• Ctenosauriscus koeneni^[4]
• Koiloskiosaurus coburgiensis^[5]
• Trachelosaurus fischeri^[6]

Flora

• Pleuromeia sternbergii^[6]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany

References

Bibliography

Further reading

• H. H. Ecke. 1986. Palynologie des Zechsteins und Unteren Buntsandsteins im Germanischen Becken. Dissertation Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 1-117

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=Buntsandstein&formation=Solling&group_formation_member=Solling Solling Formation
2. Schoch, 2018
3. Säilä, 2008
4. Von Huene, 1902
5. Von Huene, 1911
6. Broili & Fischer, 1917