Hassberge Formation

The Hassberge Formation is a geologic formation in Bavaria, Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carnian stage of the Triassic period.^[1]

Hassberge Formation
Stratigraphic range: Carnian (Tuvalian) ~235–222 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Unit of	Keuper
Sub-units	Blasensandstein & Coburger Sandstein members
Underlies	Mainhardt Formation
Overlies	Steigerwald Formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Shale
Location
Coordinates	50.0°N 10.7°E / 50.0; 10.7
Approximate paleocoordinates	27.4°N 13.1°E / 27.4; 13.1
Region	Bavaria
Country	Germany
Extent	Southern Germanic Basin
Type section
Named for	Hassberge
Hassberge Formation (Germany)

Fossil content

See also: Blasensandstein § Fossil content

Insects

Coleoptera

• Carabilarva triassica^[2]
• Dinoharpalus coptoclavoides^[3]
• Larvula triassica^[2]
• Protonectes germanicus^[2]
• Stargelytron larissae^[3]
• Zygadenia sp.^[2]
• Coptoclavidae indet.^[4]

Invertebrates

• Euestheria kozuri^[5]
• Gregoriusella striatula^[5]
• Laxitextella dorsorecta^[5]
• L. freybergi^[5]

Ichnofossils

• Apatopus lineatus^[6]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany
• Benkersandstein, contemporaneous ichnofossiliferous formation of Bavaria
• Chañares Formation, fossiliferous formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin, Argentina
• Candelária Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Paraná Basin, Brazil
• Molteno Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Lesotho and South Africa
• Pebbly Arkose Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe
• Denmark Hill Insect Bed, contemporaneous fossiliferous unit of Queensland, Australia
• Madygen Formation, contemporaneous Lagerstätte of Kyrgyzstan