Tschermakfjellet Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range:
Early Carnian ~ | |
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°30′N 15°18′E / 78.5°N 15.3°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 47°24′N 2°06′W / 47.4°N 2.1°W |
Region | Svalbard |
Country | Norway |
Type section | |
Named for | Tschermakfjellet (type section from Botneheia) |
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).
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]