Vogtendorf Formation

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]

Vogtendorf Formation Stratigraphic range: Tremadocian
Type	Formation
Underlies	Gösmes Formation
Lithology
Primary	Tuff
Location
Coordinates	50.2°N 11.4°E
Approximate paleocoordinates	52.3°S 94.2°E
Region	Bavaria
Country	Germany
Type section
Named for	Vogtendorf, Bavaria
Named by	Sdzuy et al.
Year defined	2001
Vogtendorf Formation (Germany)

Paleogeography of the late Middle Ordovician. The Vogtendorf Formation was deposited around 52°S

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]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany
• Folkeslunda Limestone

References

1. Sdzuy et al., 2001
2. Vogtendorf Formation at Fossilworks.org
3. Benedetto, 2007

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. 261–285.
• Sdzuy, Klaus; Wolfgang Hammann, and Enrique Villas. 2001. The Upper Tremadoc Fauna from Vogtendorf and the Bavarian Ordovician of the Frankenwald. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 81. 207–261. Accessed 2020-10-19.