Feuerletten Formation

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Feuerletten Formation
Stratigraphic range: Upper Triassic
Type Geological formation

The Feuerletten Formation is a geological formation in Germany. It dates back to the late Norian. [1]

The Norian is a division of the Triassic geological period. It has the rank of an age (geochronology) or stage (chronostratigraphy). The Norian lasted from ~227 to 208.5 million years ago. It was preceded by the Carnian and succeeded by the Rhaetian.

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Vertebrate fauna

Vertebrates reported from the Feuerletten Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Plateosaurus [1]

Plateosaurus bavaricus [1]

Later found to be indeterminate prosauropod remains. [1]

Plateosaurus Muja 01.jpg
Plateosaurus

Plateosaurus engelhardti [1]

"Vertebrae, sacrum, [possible] partial skeleton, adult, and hundreds of isolated bones, juvenile to adult." [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Triassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 521–525. ISBN   0-520-24209-2.
  2. "Table 12.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 235.