Festningen Sandstone

The Festningen Sandstone is an Early Cretaceous (Barremian) geologic formation in Svalbard, in the far north of Norway. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1][2][3][4]

Festningen Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Barremian
~125–120 Ma
TypeMember
Unit ofHelvetiafjellet Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
Coordinates78.1°N 14.0°E / 78.1; 14.0
Approximate paleocoordinates69.4°N 17.5°E / 69.4; 17.5
RegionSvalbard
Country Norway
Festningen Sandstone (Svalbard)

See also

References

  1. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 517-607
  2. Dinosaur tracks
  3. Festningen Sandstone at Fossilworks.org
  4. Lockley & Meyer, 2000, pp.220-222

Bibliography

  • Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
  • Lockley, Martin G., and C.A. Meyer. 2000. Dinosaur Tracks and other fossil footprints of Europe, _. Columbia University Press, New York. ISBN 0-231-10710-2

Further reading

  • J. H. Hurum, J. Milàn, Hammer Midtkandal, H. Amundsen, and B. Sæther. 2006. Tracking polar dinosaurs—new finds from the Lower Cretaceous of Svalbard. Norwegian Journal of Geology 86:397-402
  • A. F. d. Lapparent. 1960. Découverte de traces de pas de Dinosauriens dans le Crétacé du Spitzberg [Discovery of dinosaur footprints in the Cretaceous of Siptzbergen]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 251:1399-1400
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