| Sebeș Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian, 70–66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Unconformity |
| Overlies | Bozeș Formation, Flysch |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Claystone |
| Other | Sandstone, Conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Region | Europe |
| Country |  Romania |
| Extent | Transylvanian Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Sebeș |
The Sebeș Formation is a geological formation in Romania. It is of Maastrichtian age. It is laterally equivalent to the Sard Formation. The base of the formation consists of claystones interbedded with sandstones and conglomerates. It is well known for its fossils which form a component of the Hațeg Island fauna.
Paleobiota
Turtles
| Turtles of the Sebeş Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Notes | Images | |||
| Kallokibotion | K. bajazidi | |||||
| Dortokidae | Indeterminate | |||||
Dinosaurs
| Dinosaurs of the Sebeş Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Notes | Images | |||
| Balaur | B. bondoc | Partial avialan skeleton, probably a junior synonym of Elopteryx | ||||
| Magyarosaurus | Indeterminate | The only known vertebra was probably eroded from the nearby Şard Formation and placed at Sebeș instead. | ||||
| Struthiosaurus | S. transsylvanicus | |||||
| Telmatosaurus | Indeterminate | |||||
| Zalmoxes | Z. robustus | |||||
| Enantiornithes | Indeterminate | |||||
Pterosaurs
| Pterosaurs of the Sebeş Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Notes | Images | |||
| Hatzegopteryx | Indeterminate | |||||
| Eurazhdarcho | E. langendorfensis | |||||
References
- Vremir, Mátyás; Bălc, Ramona; Csiki-Sava, Zoltán; Brusatte, Stephen L.; Dyke, Gareth; Naish, Darren; Norell, Mark A. (May 2014). "Petreşti-Arini – An important but ephemeral Upper Cretaceous continental vertebrate site in the southwestern Transylvanian Basin, Romania". Cretaceous Research. 49: 13–38. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.002.
- "Sebes Formation". Paleobiology Database.
- Z., Csiki; Vremir, M.; Brusatte, S. L.; Norell, M. A. (2010). "An aberrant island-dwelling theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Romania". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107 (35): 15357–15361. Bibcode:2010PNAS..10715357C. doi:10.1073/pnas.1006970107. PMC 2932599. PMID 20805514.
- Brusatte, S. L.; Vremir, M. T. S.; Csiki-Sava, Z. N.; Turner, A. H.; Watanabe, A.; Erickson, G. M.; Norell, M. A. (2013). "The Osteology of Balaur bondoc, an Island-Dwelling Dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Romania" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 374: 1–100. doi:10.1206/798.1. S2CID 59932467.
- Stoicescu, V.; Codrea, V.A.; Bordeianu, M.; Solomon, A.A. (2024). "Elopteryx at Nălaț-Vad: new theropod material described from the Hațeg Basin (Romania)" (PDF). North-Western Journal of Zoology. 20 (1): 73–80.
- Vremir, M. T. S.; Kellner, A. W. A.; Naish, D.; Dyke, G. J. (2013). Viriot, Laurent (ed.). "A New Azhdarchid Pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of the Transylvanian Basin, Romania: Implications for Azhdarchid Diversity and Distribution". PLOS ONE. 8 (1): e54268. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...854268V. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054268. PMC 3559652. PMID 23382886.
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