The Schönleiten Formation is a geological formation in Austria. Part of the Gosau Group it was deposited during the later Turonian of the Cretaceous period. It primarily consists of grey, weathered yellow shales and dense sandstone, with coal bearing shales near the base. The remains of indeterminate frogs, snakes, Tethysaurines, crocodylians and the teeth of cf. Paronychodon and other indeterminate theropod dinosaurs are known from the formation.[1]
| Schönleiten Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Gosau Group |
| Underlies | Noth Formation |
| Overlies | Kreuzgraben Formation |
| Thickness | up to 200 metres (660 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale |
| Other | Sandstone, coal |
| Location | |
| Country |  Austria |
| Extent | Gams Basin |
References
edit- ^ Ősi, Attila; Szabó, Márton; Kollmann, Heinz; Wagreich, Michael; Kalmár, Réka; Makádi, László; Szentesi, Zoltán; Summesberger, Herbert (July 2019). "Vertebrate remains from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) Gosau Group of Gams, Austria" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 99: 190–208. Bibcode:2019CrRes..99..190O. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.03.001. S2CID 134929335.