Sebeș Formation
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The Sebeș Formation is a geological formation in Romania dating to the Maastrichtian age of the Cretaceous, and laterally equivalent to the nearby Șard Formation. The base of the formation consists of claystones interbedded with sandstones and conglomerates.[1] These lithologies have preserved fossils which are part 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
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Turtles
| Turtles of the Sebeș Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Notes | Images | |||
| Kallokibotion | K. bajazidi | |||||
| Dortokidae | Indeterminate | |||||
Dinosaurs
Indeterminate hadrosauroid fossils have been unearthed here.[3]
| Dinosaurs of the Sebeș Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Materials | Notes | Images | ||
| Balaur[4] | B. bondoc | Partial avialan skeleton, probably a junior synonym of Elopteryx[5][6] | A paravian |  | ||
| Magyarosaurus | Indeterminate | The only known vertebra was probably eroded from the nearby Șard Formation and placed at Sebeș instead. | A dwarf sauopod. | |||
| Struthiosaurus | S. transsylvanicus | A nodosaur. |  | |||
| Telmatosaurus | Indeterminate | A small hadrosauromorph. |  | |||
| Zalmoxes | Z. robustus | Probable rhabdodontid ornithopod dinosaur. |  | |||
| Enantiornithes | Indeterminate | |||||
Pterosaurs
| Pterosaurs of the Sebeș Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Notes | Images | |||
| Eurazhdarcho[7] | E. langendorfensis | An azhdarchid pterosaur. |  | |||
| Hatzegopteryx | Indeterminate[8] | A giant azhdarchid pterosaur. |  | |||
