Sebeș Formation

The Sebeș Formation is a geological formation in Romania. It is of Maastrichtian age. It is laterally equivalent to the Sard Formation. The base of the formation consists of claystones interbedded with sandstones and conglomerates.[1] It is well known for its fossils which form a component of the Hațeg Island fauna.

Sebeș Formation
Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian,
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesUnconformity
OverliesBozeș Formation, Flysch
Lithology
PrimaryClaystone
OtherSandstone, Conglomerate
Location
RegionEurope
Country Romania
ExtentTransylvanian Basin
Type section
Named forSebeș

Paleobiota[2]

Turtles

Turtles of the Sebeş Formation
Genus Species Notes Images
Kallokibotion K. bajazidi
Dortokidae Indeterminate

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs of the Sebeş Formation
Genus Species Notes Images
Balaur[3] B. bondoc Partial skeleton, an avialan
Magyarosaurus Indeterminate The only known vertebra was probably eroded from the nearby Şard Formation and placed at Sebeș instead.
Struthiosaurus S. transsylvanicus
Telmatosaurus Indeterminate
Zalmoxes Z. robustus
Enantiornithes Indeterminate

Pterosaurs

Pterosaurs of the Sebeş Formation
Genus Species Notes Images
Hatzegopteryx Indeterminate
Eurazhdarcho[4] E. langendorfensis

References

  1. Vremir, Mátyás; Bălc, Ramona; Csiki-Sava, Zoltán; Brusatte, Stephen L.; Dyke, Gareth; Naish, Darren; Norell, Mark A. (May 2014). "Petreşti-Arini – An important but ephemeral Upper Cretaceous continental vertebrate site in the southwestern Transylvanian Basin, Romania". Cretaceous Research. 49: 13–38. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.002.
  2. "Sebes Formation". Paleobiology Database.
  3. Z., Csiki; Vremir, M.; Brusatte, S. L.; Norell, M. A. (2010). "An aberrant island-dwelling theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Romania". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107 (35): 15357–15361. Bibcode:2010PNAS..10715357C. doi:10.1073/pnas.1006970107. PMC 2932599. PMID 20805514.
  4. Vremir, M. T. S.; Kellner, A. W. A.; Naish, D.; Dyke, G. J. (2013). Viriot, Laurent (ed.). "A New Azhdarchid Pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of the Transylvanian Basin, Romania: Implications for Azhdarchid Diversity and Distribution". PLOS ONE. 8 (1): e54268. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...854268V. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054268. PMC 3559652. PMID 23382886.


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