Przysucha Formation

The Przysucha Formation is a geologic formation in Poland. Ichnofossils attributed to dinosaurs have been found in the formation.

Przysucha Formation
Stratigraphic range: Hettangian
~200 Ma
TypeFormation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherMudstone
Location
Coordinates50.9°N 21.3°E / 50.9; 21.3
Approximate paleocoordinates43.3°N 19.7°E / 43.3; 19.7
RegionSwietokrzyskie
Country Poland
ExtentHoly Cross Mountains
Przysucha Formation (Poland)

Fossil content

The following fossils were reported from the formation:[1]

Ichnofossils

References

  1. Przysucha Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Gierlinski & Potemska, 1987
  3. Gierlinski & Niedzwiedzki, 2005

Bibliography

  • Gierlinski, G., and G. Niedzwiedzki. 2005. New saurischian dinosaur footprints from the Lower Jurassic of Poland. Geological Quarterly 49. 99-104.
  • 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
  • Gierlinski, G., and A. Potemska. 1987. Lower Jurassic dinosaur footprints from Gliniany Las, northern slope of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 175. 107-120.
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