Lunde Formation
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The Lunde Formation is a geologic formation in Norway. The formation was known to preserve fossils of Plateosaurus sp. in the Norwegian offshore (Snorre Field well 34/4-9S), dating back to the Rhaetian period.[1] The formation comprises dry floodplain; paleosol/pedogenic, concretionary, brown, red, calcareous mudstones.[2]
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Lunde Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Rhaetian ~203–202 Ma | |
Type | Formation |
Unit of | Keuper/Hegre Group |
Sub-units | Upper and Lower Members |
Underlies | Statfjord Formation |
Overlies | Muschelkalk formations |
Area | Between Shetland Platform and Norwegian mainland |
Lithology | |
Primary | Mudstone |
Other | Paleosols |
Location | |
Coordinates | 61.5°N 2.2°E / 61.5; 2.2 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 46.2°N 1.3°W / 46.2; -1.3 |
Region | Snorre Field, North Sea |
Country | Norway Scotland |
Extent | Northern Viking Graben |
Type section | |
Named for | Lunde |
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