Earth:Hassberge Formation

Hassberge Formation Stratigraphic range: Carnian (Tuvalian) ~235–222 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Unit of	Keuper
Sub-units	Blasensandstein & Coburger Sandstein members
Underlies	Mainhardt Formation
Overlies	Steigerwald Formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Shale
Location
Coordinates	[ ⚑ ] 50.0°N 10.7°E / 50.0; 10.7
Paleocoordinates	[ ⚑ ] 27.4°N 13.1°E / 27.4; 13.1
Region	Bavaria
Country	Germany
Extent	Southern Germanic Basin
Type section
Named for	Hassberge
Hassberge Formation (Germany)

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

Fossil content

Insects

Coleoptera

• Carabilarva triassica
• Dinoharpalus coptoclavoides
• Larvula triassica
• Protonectes germanicus
• Stargelytron larissae
• Zygadenia sp.
• Coptoclavidae indet.

Invertebrates

• Euestheria kozuri
• Gregoriusella striatula
• Laxitextella dorsorecta
• L. freybergi

Ichnofossils

• Apatopus lineatus

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

• Geyer, G., and K.-P. Kelber. 2018. Spinicaudata ("Conchostraca," Crustacea) from the Middle Keuper (Upper Triassic) of the southern Germanic Basin, with a review of Carnian–Norian taxa and suggested biozones. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 92. 1-34.
• Ponomarenko, A. G.; A. A. Prokin, and A. S. Bashkuev. 2015. Coptoclavid beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Adephaga) from the Triassic of Lower Franconia, Germany. Paleontological Journal 49. 1334-1345.
• Fedorenko, D. N. 2014. Wings of Coptoclavidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga) from the Keuper (Triassic) of Franconia, Germany. Paleontological Journal 48. 605-609.
• Klein, H., and S. G. Lucas. 2013. The Late Triassic tetrapod ichnotaxon Apatopus lineatus (Bock 1952) and its distribution. In L. H. Tanner, J. A. Spielmann, S. G. Lucas (eds.), The Triassic System: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, .. 61;
• Prokin, A. A.; K. V. Makarov; A. G. Ponomarenko, and A. S. Bashkuev. 2013. New beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Coptoclavidae, Caraboidea, Polyphaga) from the Upper Triassic of Germany. Russian Entomological Journal 22. 259-274.
• Weiss, W. 1934. Eine Fährtenschicht im mittelfränkischen Blasensandstein - A trackway layer in the middle Franconian Blasensandstein. Jahresberichte und Mitteilungen des Oberrheinischen Geologischen Vereins 23. 5-11.
• Kuhn, O. 1932. Labyrinthodonten und Parasuchier aus dem mittleren Keuper von Ebrach in Oberfranken. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 69. 94-144.