The Plattensandstein is a Middle Triassic (Anisian) geologic formation in southern Germany and northern Switzerland. Fossil theropod tracks have been reported from the formation.
Plattensandstein is used in Germany as a natural building stone. It derives its name from the fact that it is usually fissile into slabs with a thickness of several centimeters.
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Fossil content
The formation has provided fossils of:
- Basileosaurus freyi
- Sclerosaurus armatus
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- Flagstone, another scissile sandstone, which is used as a roofing material
Bibliography
- Sues, H.-D.; Reisz, R. R. (2008), "Anatomy and Phylogenetic Relationships of Sclerosaurus armatus (Amniota: Parareptilia) from the Buntsandstein (Triassic) of Europe", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28 (4): 1031–1042, Bibcode:2008JVPal..28.1031S, doi:10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1031
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
References
Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 517-607 ↩