Solling Formation

Solling Formation
Stratigraphic range: Olenekian-Anisian (Spathian-Aegean) ~251.3–242 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Unit of	Buntsandstein Group
Sub-units	Solling-Bausandstein & Chirotherium Sandstone Members
Lithology
Primary	Claystone
Other	Siltstone
Location
Coordinates	50°18′N 11°00′E / 50.3°N 11.0°E / 50.3; 11.0
Approximate paleocoordinates	16°12′N 19°42′E / 16.2°N 19.7°E / 16.2; 19.7
Region	Bavaria, Niedersachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thuringia
Country	Germany
Solling Formation (Germany)

The Solling Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. Formerly considered earliest Triassic (Induan), but later dating places the formation from the Olenekian to Anisian of the Triassic period.

Description

The formation is subdivided into three members, the lower Solling-Bausandstein Member, the Trendelburg/Karlshafen Beds and the upper Chirotherium Sandstone Member.

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany

References

Further reading

• H. H. Ecke. 1986. Palynologie des Zechsteins und Unteren Buntsandsteins im Germanischen Becken. Dissertation Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 1-117