The Sebeș Formation is a geological formation in Romania. It is of Maastrichtian age. It is laterally equivalent to the Sard Formation. The base of the formation consists of claystones interbedded with sandstones and conglomerates.[1] It is well known for its fossils which form a component of the Hațeg Island fauna.
| Sebeș Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian, | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Unconformity |
| Overlies | Bozeș Formation, Flysch |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Claystone |
| Other | Sandstone, Conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Region | Europe |
| Country |  Romania |
| Extent | Transylvanian Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Sebeș |
Paleobiota[2] edit
Turtles edit
| Turtles of the Sebeş Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Notes | Images | |||
| Kallokibotion | K. bajazidi | |||||
| Dortokidae | Indeterminate | |||||
Dinosaurs edit
| Dinosaurs of the Sebeş Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Notes | Images | |||
| Balaur[3] | B. bondoc | Partial skeleton, an avialan | ||||
| Magyarosaurus | Indeterminate | The only known vertebra was probably eroded from the nearby Şard Formation and placed at Sebeș instead. | ||||
| Struthiosaurus | S. transsylvanicus | |||||
| Telmatosaurus | Indeterminate | |||||
| Zalmoxes | Z. robustus | |||||
| Enantiornithes | Indeterminate | |||||
Pterosaurs edit
| Pterosaurs of the Sebeş Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Notes | Images | |||
| Hatzegopteryx | Indeterminate | |||||
| Eurazhdarcho[4] | E. langendorfensis | |||||
References edit
- ^ Vremir, Mátyás; Bălc, Ramona; Csiki-Sava, Zoltán; Brusatte, Stephen L.; Dyke, Gareth; Naish, Darren; Norell, Mark A. (May 2014). "Petreşti-Arini – An important but ephemeral Upper Cretaceous continental vertebrate site in the southwestern Transylvanian Basin, Romania". Cretaceous Research. 49: 13–38. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.002.
- ^ "Sebes Formation". Paleobiology Database.
- ^ Z., Csiki; Vremir, M.; Brusatte, S. L.; Norell, M. A. (2010). "An aberrant island-dwelling theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Romania". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107 (35): 15357–15361. Bibcode:2010PNAS..10715357C. doi:10.1073/pnas.1006970107. PMC 2932599. PMID 20805514.
- ^ Vremir, M. T. S.; Kellner, A. W. A.; Naish, D.; Dyke, G. J. (2013). Viriot, Laurent (ed.). "A New Azhdarchid Pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of the Transylvanian Basin, Romania: Implications for Azhdarchid Diversity and Distribution". PLOS ONE. 8 (1): e54268. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...854268V. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054268. PMC 3559652. PMID 23382886.
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