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Jizera Formation

Geological unit in the Czech Republic From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Jizera Formation is a geologic unit of Late Cretaceous (Turonian) age, located in the Czech Republic. It is a unit of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin.[1][2] It consists of fluvial to shallow marine sediments[1] and pterosaur fossils are among the remains found in the Jizera Formation. The type locality of the Jizera Formation is a quarry in Zářecká Lhota.[3][4]

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Paleofauna

  • Cretornis hlavaci - "a complete humerus (upper arm bone), an ulna, radius, wrist and two phalanges of the wing finger"[3]

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