Jizera Formation

Geological unit in the Czech Republic
Jizera Formation
Stratigraphic range: Turonian,
~92 Ma
PreꞒ
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S
D
C
P
T
J
K
Pg
N
Type locality of the Jizera Formation at a quarry at Zářecká Lhota
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofMiddle Iser Shales
UnderliesTeplice Formation
OverliesBílá Hora Formation
Thicknessup to 420 metres (1,380 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryMarlstone, sandstone
Location
Coordinates
Jizera Formation is located in Czech Republic
Jizera Formation
Jizera Formation (Czech Republic)

The Jizera Formation is a geologic unit of Late Cretaceous (Turonian) age, located in the Czech Republic. It is a unit of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin.[1][2] It consists of fluvial to shallow marine sediments[1] and pterosaur fossils are among the remains found in the Jizera Formation. The type locality of the Jizera Formation is a quarry in Zářecká Lhota.[3][4]

Paleofauna

  • Cretornis hlavaci - "a complete humerus (upper arm bone), an ulna, radius, wrist and two phalanges of the wing finger"[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Zoltan Csiki-Sava, Eric Buffetaut, Attila Ősi, Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola, Stephen L. Brusatte (2015) "Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago" Zookeys" 469: 1-161 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.469.8439
  2. ^ Averianov, A.; Ekrt, B. (2015). "Cretornis hlavaci Frič, 1881 from the Upper Cretaceous of Czech Republic (Pterosauria, Azhdarchoidea)". Cretaceous Research. 55: 164–175. Bibcode:2015CrRes..55..164A. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.02.011.
  3. ^ a b Fritsch, A., (1880), "Ueber die Entdeckung von Vogelresten in der böhmischen Kreideformation (Cretornis Hlaváči)", Sitzungsberichte der königlichen-böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften in Prag 1880: 275–276
  4. ^ A. Fritsch. (1881). Über die Entdeckung von Vogelresten in der böhm. Kreideformation. Sitzungsberichte der Königlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften 1880:275-276


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