Coordinates: 50°18′N 11°00′E / 50.3°N 11.0°E / 50.3; 11.0

Solling Formation

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Solling Formation
Stratigraphic range: Olenekian-Anisian
(Spathian-Aegean)
~251.3–242 Ma
TypeFormation
Unit ofBuntsandstein Group
Sub-unitsSolling-Bausandstein & Chirotherium Sandstone Members
Lithology
PrimaryClaystone
OtherSiltstone
Location
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RegionBavaria, Niedersachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thuringia
CountryGermany

The Solling Formation is a geologic formation in Germany.[1] Formerly considered earliest Triassic (Induan), but later dating places the formation from the Olenekian to Anisian of the Triassic period.

Description

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The formation is subdivided into three members, the lower Solling-Bausandstein Member, the Trendelburg/Karlshafen Beds and the upper Chirotherium Sandstone Member.

Fossil content

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The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1]

Temnospondyls

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Reptiles

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Flora

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Solling Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ a b Schoch, 2018
  3. ^ Säilä, 2008
  4. ^ Von Huene, 1902
  5. ^ Von Huene, 1911
  6. ^ a b Broili & Fischer, 1917

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Further reading

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  • H. H. Ecke. 1986. Palynologie des Zechsteins und Unteren Buntsandsteins im Germanischen Becken. Dissertation Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 1-117
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