The Schrambach Formation is a geologic formation in the Northern Limestone Alps of Austria and Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Early Cretaceous period.[1]
| Schrambach Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Barremian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Marl |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 47°54′N 14°24′E / 47.9°N 14.4°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 31°00′N 23°06′E / 31.0°N 23.1°E |
| Region | Ternberg Bavaria |
| Country |  Austria Germany |
| Extent | Northern Limestone Alps |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Schrambach |
  Schrambach Formation (Austria) | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Schrambach Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
edit- A. Lukeneder and D. Rehakova. 2004. Lower Cretaceous Section of the Ternberg Nappe (Northern Calcareous Alps, Upper Austria): facies-changes, biostratigraphy and paleoecology. Geologica Carpathica 55(3):227-237
- A. Lukeneder. 2003. The Karsteniceras level: Dysoxic ammonoid beds within the Early Cretaceous (Barremian, Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria). Facies 49(1):87-100
- A. Lukeneder and K. Tanabe. 2002. In situ finds of aptychi in the Barremian of the Alpine Lower Cretaceous (Northern Calcareous Alps, Upper Austria). Cretaceous Research 23:15-24
- T. Steiger. 1992. Systematik, Stratigraphie und Palökologie der Radiolarien des Oberjura-Unterkreide-Grenzbereiches im Osterhorn-Tirolikum (Nördliche Kalkalpen, Salzburg und Bayern). Zitteliana 19:1-188
External links
edit- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.