Vogtendorf Formation
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
- Orthida
- Giraldiellidae
- Kvania mergli[3]
- Giraldiellidae
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany
- Folkeslunda Limestone
References
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