The Plattensandstein is a
Middle Triassic
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(
Anisian
In the geologic timescale, the Anisian is the lower stage or earliest age of the Middle Triassic series or epoch and lasted from million years ago until million years ago. The Anisian Age succeeds the Olenekian Age (part of the Lower Triassic Ep ...
) geologic
formation
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Mathematics and science
* Cave formation or speleothem, a secondar ...
in southern Germany and northern Switzerland. Fossil
theropod tracks have been reported from the formation.
[Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 517-607]
Plattensandstein is used in Germany as a natural
building stone
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. It derives its name from the fact that it is usually fissile into slabs with a thickness of several centimeters.
Fossil content
The formation has provided fossils of:
* ''
Basileosaurus freyi''
* ''
Sclerosaurus armatus''
See also
*
List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
This list of dinosaur-bearing rock formations is a list of geologic formations in which dinosaur fossils have been documented.
Containing body fossils
* List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils
** List of stratigraphic units with few ...
**
List of stratigraphic units with theropod tracks
*
Flagstone
Flagstone (flag) is a generic flat stone, sometimes cut in regular rectangular or square shape and usually used for paving slabs or walkways, patios, flooring, fences and roofing. It may be used for memorials, headstones, facades and other con ...
, another scissile
sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks.
Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...
, which is used as a roofing material
References
Bibliography
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* {{citation , last1=Weishampel , first1=David B. , author2-link=Peter Dodson , last2=Dodson , first2=Peter , author3-link=Halszka Osmólska , last3=Osmólska , first3=Halszka , year=2004 , title=The Dinosauria, 2nd edition , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtZFDb_iw40C , publisher=Berkeley: University of California Press , pages=1–880 , accessdate=2019-02-21 , isbn=0-520-24209-2 , author1-link=David B. Weishampel
Triassic System of Europe
Triassic Germany
Triassic Switzerland
Anisian Stage
Sandstone formations
Fluvial deposits
Lacustrine deposits
Ichnofossiliferous formations
Paleontology in Germany
Paleontology in Switzerland
Building stone