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The Bagå Formation is a
geological 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 expo ...
dating to around 176 to 170 million years ago, in the Early and Late Jurassic. It is located on the island of
Bornholm Bornholm () is a List of islands of Denmark, Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland. Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. I ...
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Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...
.Bonde, 2012


Fossil content


Ichnofossils


Sauropoda


Ornithischians


See also

* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Denmark * Drzewica Formation


References


Bibliography

* Bonde, N. (2012). "Danish Dinosaurs: A Review". In Godefroit, P. ''Bernissart Dinosaurs''. Indiana University Press. pp. 435-449 * Mehlquist, K.; Larsson, L.M.; Vajda, V. (2009) "A Jurassic (Pliensbachian) flora from Bornholm, Denmark - a study of historic plant-fossil collection at Lund University, Sweden". GEF. 131:1. 137-146


Further reading

* E. B. Koppelhus and D. J. Batten. 1992. Megaspore assemblages from the Jurassic and lowermost Cretaceous of Bornholm, Denmark. DGU, Danmarks Geologiske Undersogelse, Serie A 32:1-81 {{DEFAULTSORT:Baga Formation Geologic formations of Denmark Jurassic System of Europe Jurassic Denmark Hettangian Stage Sinemurian Stage Pliensbachian Stage Toarcian Stage Aalenian Stage Bathonian Stage Shale formations Sandstone formations Coal formations Coal in Denmark Formations