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Przysucha Formation

Coordinates: 50°54′N 21°18′E / 50.9°N 21.3°E / 50.9; 21.3
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Przysucha Formation
Stratigraphic range: Hettangian
~200 Ma
TypeFormation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherMudstone
Location
Coordinates50°54′N 21°18′E / 50.9°N 21.3°E / 50.9; 21.3
Approximate paleocoordinates43°18′N 19°42′E / 43.3°N 19.7°E / 43.3; 19.7
RegionSwietokrzyskie
Country Poland
ExtentHoly Cross Mountains
Przysucha Formation is located in Poland
Przysucha Formation
Przysucha Formation
Przysucha Formation (Poland)

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

Fossil content[edit]

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

Ichnofossils

References[edit]

  1. ^ Przysucha Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ a b c d e f Gierlinski & Potemska, 1987
  3. ^ a b Gierlinski & Niedzwiedzki, 2005

Bibliography[edit]

  • Gierlinski, G.; Niedzwiedzki, G. (2005), "New saurischian dinosaur footprints from the Lower Jurassic of Poland", Geological Quarterly, 49: 99–104
  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
  • Gierlinski, G.; Potemska, A. (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, doi:10.1127/njgpa/175/1987/107