Hasle Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Lower to Middle Pliensbachian ~ Jamesoni–Margaritatus Chronozone | |
Unit of | Bornholm Group |
Underlies | Sorthat Formation |
Overlies | Rønne Formation |
Thickness | 80–140 m (260–460 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Siltstone, sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 55°12′N14°42′E / 55.2°N 14.7°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 45°00′N18°30′E / 45.0°N 18.5°E |
Region | Bornholm |
Country | Denmark |
Type section | |
Named for | Hasle, Bornholm |
Named by | Gry [1] |
Year defined | 1969 |
The Hasle Formation is a geologic formation on the island on Bornholm, Denmark. It is of early to late Pliensbachian age. Vertebrate fossils have been uncovered from this formation. [2] [3] The type section of the formation is found at the south of the costal Hasle Town, and it is composed by rusty yellow to brownish siltstones and very fine-grained sandstones. The southernmost arch, Hvjdoddebuen, is not as fossil-bearing as the type unit in Hasle. [4] The formation can be separated in two different petrographic types: type 1 sandstones are friable with layers and lenses of concretionary siderite and type 2 well-cemented sandstones. [5] Both types where deposited in a relatively high-energy marine environment with a diagenetic pattern that demonstrates a close relation to various phases of subsidence and uplift in the tectonically unstable Fennoscandian Border Zone. [5] Most of its deposition happened on a storm-dominated shoreface, with the exposed parts deposited in an open marine shelf within 1–2 km distance from the fault-controlled coastlines. [6] However, recent works have recovered terrestrial fauna from it, including a footprint, suggesting easterly winds and low tide could have exposed the inner parts of the upper shoreface, and create long-lasting Floodplain-type environments. [7] Field works since 1984 have shown a mostly hummocky cross-stratified deposition, with great complexity of the sediments that suggests very complicated and variable flow conditions, with Megaripples derived from storm events. [8] Storms were frequent and the coastline faced a wide epeiric sea with a fetch towards the west of possibly 1000 kilometers. [8] The Jamesoni–Ibex Chronozone in the Central European Basin represents a clear sea Transgression, due to the appearance of ammonites from Thuringia and southern Lower Saxony, showing a full marine ingression towards the west. [9] This rise in the sea level is also measured in the north, as is proven by the presence of Uptonia jamesoni in Kurremölla (Röddinge Formation, Skåne) and Beaniceras centaurus plus Phricodoceras taylori on the Hasle Formation. [9] The whole Hasle Sandstones are a result of this rise in the sea level, where the marine sediments cover the deltaic layers of the Rønne Formation. [9] The rise in the sea level is observed on palynology, as on the Hasle Formation Nannoceratopsis senex (Dinoflajellate) and Mendicodinium reticulaturn (Algae Acritarch) appear, indicating a transition from paralic and restricted marine to fully marine. [10]
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| One well-preserved tube and several fragmentary tubes | A sessile, marine annelid tube worm of the family Serpulidae. Its affinities with the genus Serpula are controversial, since the genus is known mostly since Cretaceous strata. | ||
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| Two tubes | A sessile, marine annelid tube worm of the family Serpulidae | ||
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| Cunchs | A saltwater Brachiopodan, member of Rhynchonellata inside Rhynchonellida. Found associated with Plicatula on long-term well-oxygenated conditions within the substrate and bottom waters. | ||
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| Cunchs | A Saltwater lamp shell Brachiopodan, member of Terebratulidae inside Terebratulida. The specimens are rather incomplete. The genus is a possible junior synonym of Terebratula. | ||
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| A saltwater Clam, type member of the family Astartidae inside Carditida. It is found on small, smooth Clam associations, with the exception of one does section, with less well-preserved stone cores and imprints. | ||
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| A saltwater pearl oyster, member of the family Pteriidae inside Ostreida. Some specimens are big and found associated with Burrow-filled surfaces. This well-known species occurs extremely frequently; Copies occur at all ages, as well as right-handers Left shells have been found. | ||
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| A saltwater Clam, type member of the family Cardiidae inside Carditida. Is a frequently occurring Clam. | ||
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| A saltwater Clam, type member of the family Cucullaeidae inside Arcida. | ||
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| A saltwater Clam, member of the family Arcticidae inside Veneroidei. Is a frequently occurring Clam. | ||
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| A saltwater Clam, member of the family Trapezidae inside Veneroidei. | ||
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| A saltwater Oyster, member of the family Ostreinae inside Ostreida. Identified originally as Ostrea semiplicata | ||
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| A saltwater Oyster, member of the family Bakevelliidae inside Ostreida. Found on a series of incomplete Stone Cores filled with specimens, that by Size and Form can be possibly attributable to Gervilleia aerosa. | ||
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| A saltwater Scallop, member of the family Pectinoidae inside Pectinida. A Pair of incomplete specimens of a Hinnites are known and probably match with the species Hinnites tumidus; however, the state of preservation is bad, with the assignment rather uncertain. | ||
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| A saltwater file Clam, type member of the family Limidae inside Pectinida. Lima succincta is based on a single fragment of cunch, but enough complete to be certain to be attributed to it. | ||
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| A saltwater file Clam, member of the family Limidae inside Pectinida. Mostly know due to a single young individual, but there are also a number of stone cores and imprints of adult Specimens of this species that appear to have been common. | ||
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| A saltwater Clam, type member of the family Lucinidae inside Lucinida. Three Stone Cores show perfect Compliance with Regard to Hinge Building and Muscle Impressions Appearance. | ||
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| A saltwater Mussel, type member of the family Mytilidae inside Mytilida. | ||
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| A saltwater Clam, member of the family Kalenteridae inside Cardiida. One of the most frequent and characteristic Fossils in the layer is this kind, of which especially the hinge part in Imprints and Stone Cores are extremely common. The largest specimen has reached a length of 53 mm, with a width of 39 mm. Myoconcha jespersenii does not occur as frequently as Myoconcha stampensis, with less than 50 specimens, of which, however, none is complete; most occur as stone cores. | ||
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| A saltwater Mussel, type member of the family Mytilidae inside Mytilida. | ||
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| A saltwater nut Clam, type member of the family Nuculidae inside Nuculida. Two copies of a Nucula (leda?) so closely in accordance with Moberg's depictions and description of occurring at Kurremolla. | ||
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| A saltwater pointed nut Clam, type member of the family Nuculanidae inside Nuculida. Nuculana bornholmiensis is a very common genus only found locally. Nuculana subovalis occurs less and is highly variable in size and appearance. 10 more or less complete specimens of a large Nuculana species must be attributed to Nuculana complanata. | ||
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| A saltwater pointed nut Clam, type member of the family Nuculanidae inside Nuculida. | ||
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| A saltwater Clam, type member of the family Parallelodontidae inside Arcida. This species occurs frequently and varies a lot | ||
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| A saltwater Scallop, type member of the family Pectinoidae inside Pectinida. This species has been exceedingly frequent, and numerous Fragments are available. Found by some Fragments with the complete cunch preserved have made the provision quite safe. While the presence of Pecten priscus is quite certain, is the Diagnosis of Pecten aequivalvis is a little controversial, due to be based on shell fragments. | ||
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| A saltwater Mussel, member of the family Mytilidae inside Mytilida. | ||
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| A saltwater Clam, type member of the family Pleuromyidae inside Pholadida. Three specimens of this species have been found. | ||
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| A saltwater Scallop, type member of the family Plicatulidae inside Pectinida. Two poorly preserved specimens have been found. | ||
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| A saltwater Scallop, member of the family Pectinoidae inside Pectinida. | ||
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| A saltwater Clam, type member of the family Tancrediidae inside Carditida. Tancredia lineata Is based on six shell cores, of which one complete, the others a little defective at the front end. | ||
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| A saltwater tellin Clam, member of the family Tellinidae inside Cardiida. | ||
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| A saltwater tusk shell (Scaphopoda), member of the family Dentaliidae inside Dentaliida. Dentalium etalense is very common on the Transgression deposits of Korsodde. Three specimens are somewhat different from Dentalium etalense, as they have strongly pronounced transverse striation and do not present any curvature. The thickness is also slightly greater than in Dentalium etalense. | ||
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| A saltwater Snail, type member of the family Acteoninidae inside Prosobranchia. Of this small species there are quite a few specimens, both stone cores and imprints that perfectly allow identifying the species. | ||
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| A saltwater Snail, type member of the family Spirostylidae inside Murchisoniina. | ||
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| A saltwater Snail, member of the family Pyramidellidae inside Pyramidelloidea. Two Specimens of a Turritella -like Gastropod found locally have been refer to the Genus. Chemnitzia citharella includes ten specimens, the largest of the genus found locally. However, most of the specimens are shell cores. | ||
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| A saltwater Snail, type member of the family Eucyclidae inside Seguenzioidea. Of this genus there are, in addition to a number of smaller ones, well-preserved stone cores, three imprints. Since the material available is rather poor, it is difficult to assign the specimens found to a definite species. | ||
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| A saltwater Snail, member of the family Turbinidae inside Turbinoidea. Occurs frequently, especially on marine ingression surfaces. | ||
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| A saltwater moon Snail, type member of the family Naticidae inside Naticoidea. | ||
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| A saltwater Snail, type member of the family Neritidae inside Neritoidea. | ||
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| A saltwater Snail, type member of the family Pleurotomariidae inside Pleurotomarioidea. Stone cores are extremely common, now and then imprints of this Art[ clarification needed ]. Of course, it is uncertain, yes often ullmligt,[ clarification needed ] to determine a kind of the stone core alone; but in many cases, the upper side has shown those characteristics of this species. | ||
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| A saltwater top Snail, type member of the family Trochidae inside Trochoidea. Rare compared with other species found locally. | ||
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| A belemnite, incertae sedis member of the family Belemnitida. Frequently shows the embryonic chamber preserved as a bladder, slightly bent forward-towards the ventral side. | ||
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| A Belemnite, member of the family Hastitidae inside Belemnitida. | ||
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Acanthopleuroceras? sp. indet. [3] |
| specimens [3] | A possible Ammonite of the family Polymorphitidae inside Ammonitida. | ||
Aegoceras armatum [3] | specimens [3] | An Ammonite of the family Liparoceratidae inside Ammonitida. Later renamed Beaniceras centaurus, senior synonym of Aegoceras centaurus [3] | |||
Aegoceras centaurus [3] | specimens [3] | ||||
Aegoceras capraius [3] | specimens [3] | ||||
Aegoceras mangenesti [3] | specimens [3] | ||||
Aegoceras pettos [3] | specimens [3] | Junior synonym of Coeloceras pettos, possible synonym of Coeloceras grenouillouxi [3] | |||
Apoderoceras aculeatum [3] | specimens [3] | An Ammonite of the family Polymorphitidae inside Ammonitida. | |||
Arnioceras falcaries [3] | specimens [3] | An Ammonite of the family Arietitidae inside Ammonitida. | |||
Beaniceras centaurus [3] | specimens [3] | An Ammonite of the family Liparoceratidae inside Ammonitida. Senior synonym of Aegoceras centaurus [3] | |||
Coeloceras pettos [3] | specimens [3] | An Ammonite of the family Coeloceratidae inside Psilocerataceae. Senior synonym of Aegoceras pettos. Possible junior synonym of Coeloceras grenouillouxi [3] | |||
Coeloceras grenouillouxi [3] | specimens [3] | Possible senior synonym of Coeloceras pettos [3] | |||
Paramicroderoceras fila [3] | specimens [3] | An Ammonite of the family Juraphyllitidae inside Phylloceratina. | |||
Paramicroderoceras? sp indet [3] | specimens [3] | ||||
Phylloceras loscombii [3] | specimens [3] | An Ammonite of the family Juraphyllitidae inside Phylloceratina. | |||
Phricodoceras taylori [3] | specimens [3] | An Ammonite of the family Phricodoceratidae inside Psilocerataceae. | |||
Platypleuroceras brevispina [3] | specimens [3] | An Ammonite of the family Polymorphitidae inside Ammonitida. | |||
Platypleuroceras submulticum [3] | specimens [3] | ||||
Platypleuroceras caprarium [3] | specimens [3] | ||||
Platypleuroceras spp. indet [3] | specimens [3] | ||||
Radstockiceras hechingense [3] | specimens [3] | An Ammonite of the family Oxynoticeratidae inside Psilocerataceae. | |||
Tragophylloceras numismale [3] | specimens [3] | An Ammonite of the family Juraphyllitidae inside Phylloceratina. | |||
Tragophylloceras sp [3] | specimens [3] | ||||
Uptonia lata [3] | specimens [3] | An Ammonite of the family Polymorphitidae inside Ammonitida. | |||
Uptonia sp indet [3] | specimens [3] | ||||
Unidentified fin spines are known from this formation. [2]
Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes | Images |
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Acrodus [12] [13] | Acrodus minimus | Stampeå stream | Large number of teeth | A marine shark, member of the family Acrodontidae inside Hybodontiformes. | |
Agaleus [2] | Agaleus dorsetensis [2] | Hasle Harbour | Four teeth | A marine shark, type member of the family Agaleidae inside Euselachii. This genus may have been a suction feeder as its anterior teeth are similar to those of extant nurse sharks. | |
Hybodontidae [2] | Hybodontidae Indeterminate | Hasle Harbour | One incomplete spine | A marine shark, incertae sedis inside Hybodontiformes. | |
Hybodus [2] | Hybodus reticulatus [2] | Hasle Harbour | 21 incomplete crowns | A marine shark, type member of the family Hybodontidae inside Hybodontiformes. | |
Hybodus delabechei [2] | Hasle Harbour | Three complete crowns | A marine shark, type member of the family Hybodontidae inside Hybodontiformes. Its teeth suggest that it may have been feeding on shelly invertebrates. | ||
Lissodus | Lissodus hasleensis [2] | Hasle Harbour | Four complete teeth | A marine/brackish shark, member of the family Lonchidiidae inside Hybodontiformes. | |
Myriacanthidae | Undetermined [15] | Tooth plates. [15] | Indeterminate tooth plates of marine chimaeras. | ||
Myriacanthus [16] [17] | Myriacanthus paradoxus [15] | Cliff section 100 m south of Hasle, Bornholm. [15] | Tooth plates. [15] | A marine chimaera. | |
Myriacanthus sp. [17] | Hasle Harbour | Isolated tooth plate | A marine Chimaera, type member of the family Myriacanthidae inside Chimaeriformes. | ||
Oblidens [17] [15] | Oblidens bornholmensis [17] [15] | Hasle Harbour; cliff section 100 m south of Hasle Harbour. [15] | Multiple tooth plates. [17] [15] | A marine Chimaera, member of the family Myriacanthidae inside Chimaeriformes. | |
Paraorthacodus [2] | Paraorthacodus sp [2] | Hasle Harbour | Two incomplete teeth | A marine shark, member of the family Palaeospinacidae inside Synechodontiformes. | |
Synechodus [2] | Synechodus occultidens [2] | Hasle Harbour | Four incomplete teeth | A marine shark, type member of the family Palaeospinacidae inside Synechodontiformes. | |
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| Otoliths | Interpreted as sagittal otoliths of a Palaeonisciformes Indet. [19] Fish Otoliths, originally assigned to the extant family Sciaenidae, then from members of Palaeoniscidae and some other research suggest affinities with Pholidophoriformes. | ||
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| Teeth | A marine/brackish Osteichthyes, representative of the family Saurichthyidae inside Chondrostei. Was identified as Saurichthys . Of this characteristic Genus were found 3 teeth, resembling superficially Saurichthys acuminata, and a third that looks more like belonging to Saurichthys longidens. | ||
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| A marine plesiosaur, member of the family Plesiosauroidea inside Sauropterygia. | ||
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| Tooth | A marine plesiosaur, member of the family Plesiosauroidea inside Sauropterygia. | ||
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| Fourteen isolated teeth | A marine plesiosaur, member of the family Pliosauroidea inside Sauropterygia. Resembles Attenborosaurus . | ||
| Tooth | A marine plesiosaur, member of the family Rhomaleosauridae inside Sauropterygia. Resembles Rhomaleosaurus . | |||
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Teleosauridae Indeterminate | Hasle Harbour | DK-1072, a dermal plate | A Teleosauridae Thalattosuchian. One of the northernmost fossil finds of the group and one of the few of the pliensbachian worldwide, it represents a genus whose dermal armor was similar to the genus Macrospondylus of the Toarcian. [22] | ||
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Pterosauria? Indeterminate | Hasle Harbour | Uncertain Remains | A possible Pterosaur. Is quoted the find of a "Flying Reptile" on the Hasle Sandstone by C. Malling at the beginning of the 20th century. No further data related to the find has been published. | ||
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Neotheropoda Indeterminate | Hasle Harbour | Propodial bone, possibly a radius | Theropod, incertae sedis inside Neotheropoda. Extremely hollow shaft suggests that it most likely belonged to a juvenile member of a theropod dinosaur. [24] | ||
Stenonyx isp. | Hasle Harbour | MGUH – 30889, single Footprint [7] | Theropod Tracks, member of the ichnofamily Anchisauripodidae, incertae sedis inside Theropoda. Considered a very Small Dinosaur, probably a juvenile. The Foot resembles those of young Coelophysis from Ghost Ranch Quarries. [7] Stenonyx footprints had been described from the Early Jurassic Soltykow (Hettangian) and an identical one from Szydlowek (Pliensbachian), linking Southern Sweden, Bornholm and Poland, contiguous during the Early Jurassic and dinosaurs could thus freely roam this large area. [7] | ||
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Massopoda Indeterminate | Hasle Harbour | DK966, metatarsal, metapodial or a propodial bone | A Sauropodomorph of uncertain placement, probably a rather basal genus. | ||
Sauropoda Indeterminate | Hasle Harbour | DK976, spinous process from a cervical vertebrae | A Sauropod Sauropodomorph. Assigned to an early actual Sauropods, which also have quite powerful lateral processes whose cervical vertebrae are relatively long. | ||
Indeterminate | Hasle Harbour | NHMD 1185136, Isolated tooth | A possible Turiasaurian Eusauropod. The oldest geological record of the family, likely represents a new unnamed taxon, estimated to have been 10–14 m long based on related taxa. [28] | ||
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Tritylodontidae Indeterminate | Hasle Harbour | Isolated tooth crown | A Tritylodontoidea Cynognathian. Hasle Formation fossil cannot be confidently placed within any known genus, it can be either a primitive Tritylodont related to specimens that lack post-canines ( Yunnanodon , Dianzhongia ), or an early derived genus. [24] It is the oldest occurrence of a mammaliamorph in Scandinavia. [24] | ||
Dromaeosauroides is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of what is now Denmark and possibly also England. It was discovered in the Jydegaard Formation in the Robbedale valley, on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. This is the only likely place for dinosaur remains to be discovered on Danish territory, since the Mesozoic deposits exposed in the rest of the country are marine. Dromaeosauroides is the first known dinosaur from Denmark, and the only one which has been scientifically named. It is one of the oldest known dromaeosaurs in the world, and the first known uncontested dromaeosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Europe.
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The Drzewica Formation is a geologic formation in Szydłowiec, Poland. It is Pliensbachian in age. Vertebrate fossils have been uncovered from this formation, including dinosaur tracks. The Drzewica Formation is part of the Depositional sequence IV-VII of the late lower Jurassic Polish Basin, with the IV showing the presence of local Alluvial deposits, with possible meandriform deposition origin, dominated in Jagodne and Szydłowiec, while delta system occurred through the zone of the modern Budki. The sequence V shows a reduction of the erosion in the Zychorzyn borehole of the Drzewica Formation, showing changes on the extension of the marine facies, where upper deposits change from Alluvial to Deltaic-Seashore depositional settings. VI-VII facies were recovered on the Brody-Lubienia borehole, with a lower part exposed on the village of Śmiłów that shows a small fall of the Sea level. The stathigraphic setting of the dinosaur tracks reported from the formation suggest a Seashore or Deltaic barrier. Body fossils reported include bivalves, palynology, fossil trunks, roots. Trunks of coniferous wood, especially Cheirolepidiaceae and Araucariaceae trees show the occurrence of vast coniferous forests around the tracksite. The association of forests and dinosaur megafauna on the Pliensbachian suggests also a colder and specially dry ecosystem. Drzewica deposits where in part to be a gigantic shore barrel, setting at the time where the Polish basin sea was at its lowest point. Other related units are Fjerritslev or Gassum Formation, Hasle & Sorthat Formation (Bornholm), upper Neringa Formation (Lithuania) and abandoned informal units in other regions of Poland: upper Sawêcin beds, Wieluñ series or Bronów series.
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The Ciechocinek Formation, known in Germany as the Green Series is a Jurassic geologic formation that extends across the Baltic coast, from Grimmen, Germany, to Lithuania, with its major sequence in Poland and a few boreholes in Kaliningrad. It represents the largest continental area defined as deltaic in the fossil record, estimated to cover ~7.1 × 100,000 km2 (39,000 sq mi) only in the Polish realm. It is mostly known by its diverse entomofauna, composed of more than 150 species of different groups of insects, as well its marine vertebrate fossils, including remains of sharks, actinopterygians and marine reptiles, along terrestrial remains of dinosaurs, including the early thyreophoran Emausaurus and others not yet assigned to a definite genus. Its exposures are mostly derived from active clay mining of a dislocated glacial raft with exposed Upper Pliensbachian to late Toarcian shallow-marine sediments. Starting with coarse and fine sand deposits with concretions, the pure clay of the Ciechocinek Formation, after the falciferum zone, was deposited in a restricted basin south of the Fennoscandian mainland. It hosts a layer full of carbonate concretions, where a great entomofauna is recovered.
The Budoš Limestone is a geological formation in Montenegro, dating to 180 million years ago, and covering the Toarcian stage of the Jurassic Period. It has been considered an important setting in Balkan paleontology, as it represents a unique terrestrial setting with abundant plant material, one of the few know from the Toarcian of Europe. It is the regional equivalent to the Toarcian units of Spain such as the Turmiel Formation, units like the Azilal Formation of Morocco and others from the Mediterranean such as the Posidonia Beds of Greece and the Marne di Monte Serrone of Italy. In the Adriatic section, this unit is an equivalent of the Calcare di Sogno of north Italy, as well represents almost the same type of ecosystem recovered in the older (Pliensbachian) Rotzo Formation of the Venetian region, know also for its rich floral record.
The Blanowice Formation is a geologic formation in Częstochowa, Poland. It is late Pliensbachian-Lowermost Toarcian age. Plant fossils have been recovered from this formation. Along with the Drzewica Formation is part of the Depositional sequence IV-VII of the late lower Jurassic Polish Basin. Deposits of sequences IV, V, VI and VII make up the Blanowice Formation, being all four sequences are of Pliensbachian age, documented by megaspores (Horstisporites). On the upper strata, “sub-coal beds" cover the sequence VII-lower VIII, while the uppermost part of VIII is identified with the Ciechocinek Formation. The Blanowice Formation has been known for decades thanks to the abundant plant fossils and plant roots, but mostly due to the Blanowice Brown Coals, where the oldest Biomolecules found worldwide have been recovered. The Mrzygłód mine dinocyst assemblage is taxonomically undiversified, containing specimens that are good age indicators allowing relatively precise suggestion of its age. Luehndea spinosa, with a single recovered specimen spans between the Late Pliensbachian (Margaritaus) to the Lowermost Toarcian (Tenuicostatum). Other ocal dinocysts such as Mendicodinium range Late Pliensbachian–Aalenian, a wider stratigraphic range. The lower part of the formation is coeval in age with the Gielniów Formation and Drzewica Formation, Lobez Formation and Komorowo Formation (Pomerania), Olsztyn Formation, the lower part of the Rydeback Member of the Rya Formation, lower Fjerritslev or Gassum Formation, lower and middle Sorthat Formation (Bornholm), Neringa Formation (Lithuania). The upper part is coeval with the lowermost upper Rydeback Member, upper Gassum Formation and lower Lava Formation (Lithuania).
The Sorthat Formation is a geologic formation on the island of Bornholm, Denmark and in the Rønne Graben in the Baltic Sea. It is of Latest Pliensbachian to Late Toarcian age. Plant fossils have been recovered from the formation, along with several traces of invertebrate animals. The Sorthat Formation is overlain by fluvial to lacustrine gravels, along with sands, clay and in some places coal beds that are part of the Aalenian-Bathonian Bagå Formation. Until 2003, the Sorthat Formation was included as the lowermost part of the Bagå Formation, recovering the latest Pliensbachian to lower Aalenian boundary. The Sorthat strata reflect a mostly marginally deltaic to marine unit. Large streams fluctuated to the east, where a large river system was established at the start of the Toarcian. In the northwest, local volcanism that started in the lower Pliensbachian extended along the North Sea, mostly from southern Sweden. At this time, the Central Skåne Volcanic Province and the Egersund Basin expelled most of their material, with influences on the local tectonics. The Egersund Basin has abundant fresh porphyritic nephelinite lavas and dykes of lower Jurassic age, with a composition nearly identical to those found in the clay pits. That indicates the transport of strata from the continental margin by large fluvial channels of the Sorthat and the connected Röddinge Formation that ended in the sea deposits of the Ciechocinek Formation green series.
The Rya Formation is a geologic formation in Skåne County, southern Sweden. It is Early to early Middle Jurassic in age. The Rya Formation comprises siltstones, claystones, sandstones, mudstones and rare coal beds. The formation overlies the Höganäs Formation and is overlain by the Vilhelmsfält and Mariedal Formations.
Agaleus is an extinct genus of stem-galeomorph shark from the Early Jurassic Epoch. The genus Agaleus is monotypic, consisting solely of the species Agaleus dorsetensis. This species is currently only known from isolated teeth.
The Borucice Formation, also known in older literature as the Borucice Series, is a Jurassic geologic formation that extends to nearly whole of Poland. This formation represents the last sequence of the lower Jurassic in Poland, recovering the depositional sequences IX and X, and may even recover lowermost parts of the first Middle Jurassic sequence. It represents mostly a series of alluvial depositional systems with subordinate intervals of deltaic deposits. Dinosaur Tracks are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. Most of the sediments of the Polish realm come from deltaic, fluvial and marine deposits. It mainly consists of light whitish-grey, fine grained sandstones interbedded by clay containing plant detritus and minute fragments of coal. It also has dark grey mudstones with marine lamellibranches and an Upper Lias microfauna. Its main equivalents are the Jurensismergel Formation of Germany, upper part of the Rya Formation and the uppermost Sorthat Formation (Bornholm). There are also coeval abandoned informal units in Poland: Upper Lisiec beds, or the Kamień Beds.
The Röddinge Formation is a geologic formation in Skåne County, southern Sweden. It is Early Jurassic (Sinemurian-Toarcian) in age. It is a unit with a limited degree of exposure, being identified mostly by its deposits on the Fyledalen Fault Zone, specially on Kurremölla, where is present the main fossil deposit. It is a unit known mostly for large museum collections and estimated to have a thickness of several hundreds of meters. It is also known for its large iron deposits. It is correlated with the mostly marine Rya Formation of western Skåne County, the Volcanic deposits of the Djupadal Formation and specially the Sorthat Formation of Bornholm. Most likely, the coarse-grained nature of the Röddinge Formation is linked to rapid erosion of a tectonically active hinterland.
The Mizur Formation is a geological formation that outcrops in North Ossetia–Alania in the North Caucasus, representing a series of marginal marine to coastal layers with terrestrial influence. It is of Late Pliensbachian age. It is notable as the only major unit with preserved dinosaur footprints of various orders not yet ascribed to any concrete ichnogenus.
The Höör Sandstone is a geologic formation in Skåne County, southern Sweden. It is Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Pliensbachian) in age. This unit outcrops in central Skane on a few isolated exposures, being traditionally subdivided into the lower “millstone” (“kvarnstenen”) and the upper “buildingstone”. The lowermost layers where also claimed to host Rhaetian strata, however latter works suggested that the layers devolved as red beds, were part of the new Hörby Formation, thus delimitating the Höör sandstone to the lower Jurassic. It has been assumed to be limited to Hettangian-Sinemurian layers, yet recent palynological analysis suggest the uppermost section is of Pliensbachian age, underlying and maybe interacting with the younger volcanic deposits. The Höör sandstone represents a mostly fluvial unit with a rich collection of fossil plants, yet also includes brackish bivalves in some layers, pointing to marine ingressions locally.
The Rødvig Formation is a geological formation deposited during the earliest part of the Danian and it was first identified by Richard Taylor and Richard Phillips in 1827. It is known from exposures at Stevns Klint in Denmark. The unit lies directly above the K–Pg boundary and contains fossils that provide a record of the recovery of various groups following the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction. The upper boundary of the formation is an unconformity in the form of a hardground, beneath which the formation is sometimes missing. The base of the unit is irregular due to the presence of mounding associated with bryozoa, causing variations in thickness. The unit is subdivided into the lower Fiskeler Member mainly formed of marl and the overlying Cerithium Limestone Member.