The Plattensandstein is a Middle Triassic (Anisian) geologic formation in southern Germany and northern Switzerland. Fossil theropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]
| Plattensandstein | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Anisian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Upper Buntsandstein |
| Underlies | Röt Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Mudstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 47°36′N 7°48′E / 47.6°N 7.8°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 12°48′N 18°48′E / 12.8°N 18.8°E |
| Country |  Germany Switzerland |
   Plattensandstein (Germany) | |
Plattensandstein is used in Germany as a natural building stone. It derives its name from the fact that it is usually fissile into slabs with a thickness of several centimeters.
Fossil content
editThe formation has provided fossils of:
See also
edit- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- Flagstone, another scissile sandstone, which is used as a roofing material
References
edit- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 517-607
Bibliography
edit- Sues, H.-D.; Reisz, R. R. (2008), "Anatomy and Phylogenetic Relationships of Sclerosaurus armatus (Amniota: Parareptilia) from the Buntsandstein (Triassic) of Europe", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28 (4): 1031–1042, Bibcode:2008JVPal..28.1031S, doi:10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1031
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21