Hauptrogenstein Formation
Geologic formation in Germany and Switzerland
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The Hauptrogenstein Formation is a geologic formation in Germany and Switzerland.[2] It preserves fossils that date back to the Middle Jurassic period (Bajocian-Bathonian).[3]
TypeFormation
Sub-units
- Lower Acuminata beds[1] (subfurcatum/niortense zone)
- Parkinsoni-Schichten (parkinsoni zone)
- Obere Acuminata-Schichten
UnderliesSpatkalk
OverliesWildegg Formation
| Hauptrogenstein Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Middle Jurassic, | |
Outcrop at Auenstein Oberegg, Switzerland | |
| Type | Formation |
| Sub-units |
|
| Underlies | Spatkalk |
| Overlies | Wildegg Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone, Wackestone |
| Location | |
| Country | Germany, Switzerland |
Paleofauna
List as per Miedema et al. (2024):[3]
- Argovisaurus martafernandezi
- Bakevelliidae indet.
- Bivalvia indet.
- Ectocochleate cephalopods
- Gervillella
- Goniomya literata
- Homomya
- Lockeia?
- Lytoceras cf. eudesianum
- Machimosaurini indet.[4]
- Megateuthis suevica
- Nautilida indet.
- Parkinsonia (Oraniceras) fretensis
- Pleuromya
- Praeexogyra acuminata
- Procerites sp.
- Teichichnus?
- Terebratula furcilensis
- Terebratula movelierensis
- Thalassinoides
- Trigoniidae indet.
