The Luxembourg Sandstone (French: Grès de Luxembourg) is a
geologic formation
A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics ( lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exp ...
in
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
. It exists along the eastern margin of the
Paris Basin
The Paris Basin is one of the major geological regions of France. It developed since the Triassic over remnant uplands of the Variscan orogeny (Hercynian orogeny). The sedimentary basin, no longer a single drainage basin, is a large sag in th ...
. Sandstone units continuous with the Luxembourg Sandstone also occur in France. It is
Early Jurassic
The Early Jurassic Epoch (geology), Epoch (in chronostratigraphy corresponding to the Lower Jurassic series (stratigraphy), Series) is the earliest of three epochs of the Jurassic Period. The Early Jurassic starts immediately after the Triassic-J ...
in age. It predominantly outcrops in a belt extending through south-central Luxembourg. It up to 100 metres thick and predominantly consists of carbonaceous poorly cemented sandstone and sandy limestone
Fossil content
Among others, the following fossils were reported from the formation:
[Luxembourg Sandstone]
at Fossilworks.org
;Reptiles
* ''
Ichthyosaurus communis''
[Godefroit, 1995]
* ''
Temnodontosaurus sp.''
[Delsate & Ezcurra, 2014]
*
Neotheropoda indet.[
* Plesiosauria indet.][
* cf. Theropoda indet.][
;Fish
* '' Halonodon luxembourgensis''][Duffin & Delsate, 1993]
* Hybodontidae indet.[
;Gastropods][Monari et al., 2011]
* '' Pleurotomaria cognata''
* '' P. hennocquii''
* '' P. hettangiensis''
* '' P. wanderbachi''
* '' Ptychomphalus caepa''
* '' P. wehenkeli''
* '' Scurriopsis (Hennocquia) hettangiensis''
* '' Scurriopsis (Scurriopsis) schmidti''
* '' Trochotoma clypeus''
See also
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Luxembourg
See also
* Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Europe
References
*
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Luxembourg
Geology of Luxembourg
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References
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Bibliography
* D. Delsate and M. D. Ezcurra. 2014. The first Early Jurassic (late Hettangian) theropod dinosaur remains from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Geologica Belgica 17(2):175-181
* S. Monari, M. Valentini, and M. A. Conti. 2011. Earliest Jurassic patellogastropod, vetigastropod, and neritimorph gastropods from Luxembourg with considerations on the Triassic–Jurassic faunal turnover. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56:349-384
* P. Godefroit. 1995. Un crâne d'Ichthyosaurus communis (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) du Sinémurien supérieur de Lorraine belge. Bulletin de Société belge de Géologie 104(1-2):77-89
* G. Bloos. 1994. Frühe Arietitidae (Ammonoidea) aus dem Hettangium (Angulata-Zone, Unt. Lias) von Württemberg (SW-Deutschland). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 219:1-67
* C. J. Duffin and D. Delsate. 1993. A new myriacanthid holocephalan (Chondrichthyes) from the Early Jurassic of Luxembourg. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1993(11):669-680
Further reading
* H. Meier and K. Meiers. 1988. Die Gastropodenfauna der "Angulata-Zone" des Steinbruchs "Reckingerwald" bei Brouch. Travaux Scientifiques du Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle de Luxembourg 13:1-88
Geology of Luxembourg
Jurassic System of Europe
Early Jurassic Europe
Hettangian Stage
Sinemurian Stage
Sandstone formations
Paleontology in Luxembourg