{{Short description|Geologic formation in Bavaria, Germany}} {{Infobox rockunit | name = Hassberge Formation | image = | caption = | type = [[Formation (stratigraphy)|Formation]] | age = [[Carnian]] ([[Tuvalian]])<br>~{{fossil range|235|222}} | period = Carnian | prilithology = [[Sandstone]] | otherlithology = [[Shale]] | namedfor = [[Hassberge]] | namedby = | year_ts = | region = [[Bavaria]] | country = [[Germany]] | coordinates = {{coord|50.0|N|10.7|E|display=inline}} | paleocoordinates = {{coord|27.4|N|13.1|E|display=inline}} | unitof = [[Keuper]] | subunits = [[Blasensandstein]] & Coburger Sandstein members | underlies = [[Mainhardt Formation]] | overlies = [[Steigerwald Formation]] | thickness = | extent = [[Southern Germanic Basin]] | area = | map = {{Location map+ | Germany | relief = 1 | width = 250 | float = center | places = {{Location map~ | Germany | lat_deg = 50.0 | lon_deg = 10.7 | mark = Pink ff0080 pog.svg | marksize = 10 }} }} | map_caption = }}
The '''Hassberge Formation''' is a [[Formation (geology)|geologic formation]] in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]. It preserves [[fossils]] dating back to the [[Carnian]] stage of the [[Triassic]] [[Period (geology)|period]].<ref name=FW>[ Hassberge Formation] at [[Fossilworks]].org</ref>
== Fossil content == {{see also|Blasensandstein#Fossil content}}
=== Insects === {{div col|colwidth=29em}} ;Coleoptera * ''[[Carabilarva|Carabilarva triassica]]''<ref name=Prokin2013/> * ''[[Dinoharpalus|Dinoharpalus coptoclavoides]]''<ref name=Ponomarenko2015>Ponomarenko et al., 2015</ref> * ''[[Larvula|Larvula triassica]]''<ref name=Prokin2013>Prokin et al., 2013</ref> * ''[[Protonectes|Protonectes germanicus]]''<ref name=Prokin2013/> * ''[[Stargelytron|Stargelytron larissae]]''<ref name=Ponomarenko2015/> * ''[[Zygadenia|Zygadenia sp.]]''<ref name=Prokin2013/> * [[Coptoclavidae|Coptoclavidae indet.]]<ref name=Fedorenko2014>Fedorenko, 2014</ref> {{div col end}}
=== Invertebrates === {{div col|colwidth=29em}} * ''[[Euestheria|Euestheria kozuri]]''<ref name=Geyer2018>Geyer & Kelber, 2018</ref> * ''[[Gregoriusella|Gregoriusella striatula]]''<ref name=Geyer2018/> * ''[[Laxitextella|Laxitextella dorsorecta]]''<ref name=Geyer2018/> * ''[[Laxitextella|L. freybergi]]''<ref name=Geyer2018/> {{div col end}}
=== Ichnofossils === * ''[[Apatopus|Apatopus lineatus]]''<ref name=Klein2013>Klein & Lucas, 2013</ref>
== See also == {{div col|colwidth=29em}} * [[List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany]] * [[Benkersandstein]], contemporaneous ichnofossiliferous formation of Bavaria * [[Chañares Formation]], fossiliferous formation of the [[Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin]], Argentina * [[Candelária Formation, Paraná Basin|Candelária Formation]], contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Paraná Basin, Brazil * [[Molteno Formation]], contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Lesotho and South Africa * [[Pebbly Arkose Formation]], contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe * [[Denmark Hill Insect Bed]], contemporaneous fossiliferous unit of Queensland, Australia * [[Madygen Formation]], contemporaneous Lagerstätte of Kyrgyzstan {{div col end}}
== References == {{reflist|2}}
=== Bibliography === <!--most recent first--> * {{citation |last1=Geyer |first1=G. |first2=K.-P. |last2=Kelber |year=2018 |title=Spinicaudata ("Conchostraca," Crustacea) from the Middle Keuper (Upper Triassic) of the southern Germanic Basin, with a review of Carnian–Norian taxa and suggested biozones |journal=[[Paläontologische Zeitschrift]] |volume=92 |issue=1 |pages=1–34|doi=10.1007/s12542-017-0363-7 |bibcode=2018PalZ...92....1G }} * {{citation |last1=Ponomarenko |first1=A. G. |first2=A. A. |last2=Prokin |first3=A. S. |last3=Bashkuev |year=2015 |title=Coptoclavid beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Adephaga) from the Triassic of Lower Franconia, Germany |journal=[[Paleontological Journal]] |volume=49 |issue=12 |pages=1334–1345|doi=10.1134/S0031030115120096 |bibcode=2015PalJ...49.1334P }} * {{citation |last=Fedorenko |first=D. N |year=2014 |title=Wings of Coptoclavidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga) from the Keuper (Triassic) of Franconia, Germany |journal=[[Paleontological Journal]] |volume=48 |issue=6 |pages=605–609|doi=10.1134/S0031030114060069 |bibcode=2014PalJ...48..605F }} * {{citation |last1=Klein |first1=H. |first2=S. G. |last2=Lucas |year=2013 |title=The Late Triassic tetrapod ichnotaxon ''Apatopus lineatus'' (Bock 1952) and its distribution. In L. H. Tanner, J. A. Spielmann, S. G. Lucas (eds.), The Triassic System: [[New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science]] |volume=61 |pages=}} * {{citation |last1=Prokin |first1=A. A. |first2=K. V. |last2=Makarov |first3=A. G. |last3=Ponomarenko |first4=A. S. |last4=Bashkuev |year=2013 |title=New beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Coptoclavidae, Caraboidea, Polyphaga) from the Upper Triassic of Germany |journal=[[Russian Entomological Journal]] |volume=22 |pages=259–274}} * {{citation |last=Weiss |first=W |year=1934 |title=Eine Fährtenschicht im mittelfränkischen Blasensandstein - A trackway layer in the middle Franconian Blasensandstein |journal=[[Jahresberichte und Mitteilungen des Oberrheinischen Geologischen Vereins]] |series=Neue Folge |volume=23 |pages=5–11|doi=10.1127/jmogv/23/1934/5 }} * {{citation |last=Kuhn |first=O |year=1932 |title=Labyrinthodonten und Parasuchier aus dem mittleren Keuper von Ebrach in Oberfranken |journal=[[Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie]] |volume=69 |pages=94–144}}
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