Plattensandstein

The Plattensandstein is a Middle Triassic (Anisian) geologic formation in southern Germany and northern Switzerland. Fossil theropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]

Plattensandstein Stratigraphic range: Anisian ~247–242 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Upper Buntsandstein
Underlies	Röt Formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Mudstone
Location
Coordinates	47.6°N 7.8°E
Approximate paleocoordinates	12.8°N 18.8°E
Country	Germany   Switzerland
Plattensandstein (Germany)

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.

Fossil content

The formation has provided fossils of:

• Basileosaurus freyi
• Sclerosaurus armatus

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with theropod tracks
• Flagstone, another scissile sandstone, which is used as a roofing material

References

1. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 517-607

Bibliography

• Sues, H.-D., and R. R. Reisz. 2008. Anatomy and Phylogenetic Relationships of Sclerosaurus armatus (Amniota: Parareptilia) from the Buntsandstein (Triassic) of Europe. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28. 1031-1042.
• Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2