Zagaje Formation
The Zagaje Formation is an Early Jurassic Epoch (Hettangian-Sinemurian) geologic formation located mostly in Poland with layers also exposed in north Germany. This unit is know for it´s diverse Ichnofossil assemblages, with traces of invertebrates along vertebrate footprints. Indeterminate fossil ornithischian tracks, of the Hettangian Stage, have been reported from the formation.[4] The Zagaje Formation correlates with The lower part of the Höganäs Formation in Scania, as well the Munkerup Member and the Gassum Formation in Denmark.[1]
| Zagaje Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Lower Hettangian-Lower Sinemurian~[1] | |
_-_http-pl.wikipedia.org-wiki-Rezerwat_przyrody_Gagaty_So%5EC5%5E82tykowskie_-_panoramio_(1).jpg.webp) Exposed Layers at Sołtyków | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Kamienna Group |
| Sub-units | Huta Mudstone Member |
| Underlies |
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| Overlies | Unnamed Rhaetian Beds |
| Area | Polish epicontinental basin except of the Mazury region and Czêstochowa region. Reaches also into north Germany |
| Thickness | 157.5 m |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Mudstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 51.1°N 20.5°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 43.1°N 18.8°E |
| Region | Swietokrzyskie |
| Country | |
| Type section | |
| Named for | The Town of Zagaje near Gromadzice |
| Named by | Karaszewski (as an informal unit)[3] |
  Zagaje Formation (Poland) | |
See also
- Early Jurassic Europe
- List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate ornithischian tracks
References
- Pieñkowski, G. (2004). "The epicontinental Lower Jurassic of Poland". Polish Geological Institute Special Papers. 12 (1): 1–154. S2CID 128922070. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- Deutsche Stratigraphische Kommission (2016). "Stratigraphische Tabelle von Deutschland" (PDF). GeoForschungsZentrum. 1 (1): 1. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- Karaszewski, W. (1962). "The stratigraphy of the Lias in the Northern Mesozoic Zone surrounding the Święty Krzyż Mountains (Central Poland) [Eng. Sum.]". Pr. Inst. Geol. 30 (3): 333–416.
- Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
Bibliography
- ; , and . 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
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