Vogtendorf Formation

Vogtendorf Formation
Stratigraphic range: Tremadocian
TypeFormation
UnderliesGösmes Formation
Lithology
PrimaryTuff
Location
Coordinates50°12′N 11°24′E / 50.2°N 11.4°E / 50.2; 11.4
Approximate paleocoordinates52°18′S 94°12′E / 52.3°S 94.2°E / -52.3; 94.2
RegionBavaria
CountryGermany
Type section
Named forVogtendorf, Bavaria
Named bySdzuy et al.
Year defined2001
Vogtendorf Formation (Germany)

The Vogtendorf Formation, in 2001 redefined from the older name Randschiefer-Serie by Sdzuy et al.,[1] is a geologic formation in Bavaria, Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Tremadocian stage of the Ordovician period.[2]

Fossil content

Trilobites
  • Agerina alkleini[1]
  • Echinosphaerites henkleini[1]
  • Macrocystella greilingi[1]
  • Parapilekia vogtendorfensis[1]
  • Poramborthis vonhorstigi[1]
  • Ranorthis franconica[1]
Rhynchonellata

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Sdzuy et al., 2001
  2. ^ Vogtendorf Formation at Fossilworks.org
  3. ^ Benedetto, 2007

Bibliography

  • Benedetto, J. L (2007), "New Upper Cambrian-Tremadoc rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from northwestern Argentina: evolutionary trends and early diversification of plectorthoideans in the Andean Gondwana", Journal of Paleontology, 81 (2): 261–285, doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2007)81[261:NUCRBF]2.0.CO;2
  • Sdzuy, Klaus; Hammann, Wolfgang; Villas, Enrique (2001), "The Upper Tremadoc Fauna from Vogtendorf and the Bavarian Ordovician of the Frankenwald", Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 81: 207–261, retrieved 2020-10-19
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