Tschermakfjellet Formation

The Tschermakfjellet Formation is a geological formation in Svalbard, Norway, a subunit of the Kapp Toscana Group. The formation dates to the Late Triassic (early Carnian).

Tschermakfjellet Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Carnian ~235–221.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Geologic map with the formation in darker pink
Type	Formation
Unit of	Kapp Toscana Group
Underlies	De Geerdalen Formation
Overlies	Sassendalen Group
Thickness	63 metres (207 ft) at Tschermakfjellet
Lithology
Primary	Sandstones and silty shales
Location
Coordinates	78.5°N 15.3°E / 78.5; 15.3
Approximate paleocoordinates	47.4°N 2.1°W / 47.4; -2.1
Region	Svalbard
Country	Norway
Type section
Named for	Tschermakfjellet (type section from Botneheia)
Tschermakfjellet Formation (Svalbard)

Description

It is named after the mountain of Tschermakfjellet in Dickson Land at Spitsbergen, while its type section is found at Botneheia in Nordenskiöld Land.^[1][2] The formation has provided fossils of invertebrates and of an indeterminate pistosaurid.^[3]