Reuchenette Formation

The Reuchenette Formation is a Jurassic geologic formation in Switzerland. It is Kimmeridgian in age and predominantly consists of well stratified limestone, with lithology variable both laterally and stratigraphically including wackestones, packstones and grainstones, as well as mudstone.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, including the Turiasaur Amanzia greppini, alongside a theropod tooth belonging to Ceratosauria indet.[2] teleosaurid crocodyliformes are also known, including Sericodon, Proexochokefalos and Machimosaurus.[3] The thalassochelyd turtle Solnhofia is known from the formation.[4]

Reuchenette Formation Stratigraphic range: Kimmeridgian, 157 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Sub-units	Membre de Chevenez, Membre de Courtedoux, Marne du Banné, Membre de Vabenau
Underlies	Twannbach Formation
Overlies	Formation de Court, Balsthal-Formation, Membre de Porrentruy, Verena-Member, Holzflue-Member, Formation de Courgenay
Thickness	140 metres average, 160 m in type area.
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Mudstone
Location
Region	Europe
Country	Switzerland

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

Footnotes

1. "Reuchenette Formation". strati.ch.
2. Schwarz, Daniela; Mannion, Philip D.; Wings, Oliver; Meyer, Christian A. (December 2020). "Re-description of the sauropod dinosaur Amanzia ("Ornithopsis/Cetiosauriscus") greppini n. gen. and other vertebrate remains from the Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) Reuchenette Formation of Moutier, Switzerland". Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 113 (1): 2. doi:10.1186/s00015-020-00355-5. ISSN 1661-8726.
3. Johnson, Michela M.; Young, Mark T.; Brusatte, Stephen L. (2020). "The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution". PeerJ. 8: e9808. doi:10.7717/peerj.9808.
4. Anquetin, Jérémy; Püntener, Christian (2020-11-12). "A new species of the large-headed coastal marine turtle Solnhofia (Testudinata, Thalassochelydia) from the Late Jurassic of NW Switzerland". PeerJ. 8: e9931. doi:10.7717/peerj.9931. ISSN 2167-8359.

References

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.