Fleming Fjord Formation
| Fleming Fjord Formation Stratigraphic range: Upper Triassic, Norian to Rhaetian | |
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| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Scoresby Land Group |
| Underlies | Kap Stewart Group |
| Overlies | Gipsdalen Formation |
| Area | 3,000 sq km |
| Thickness | 200–300 m |
| Location | |
| Region | East Greenland |
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| Named for | Fleming Fjord |
The Fleming Fjord Formation is an Upper Triassic geological formation in eastern Greenland. It is of Norian to Rhaetian age and is subdivided into three members; at the base the Edderfugledal Member, followed by the Malmros Klint Member with the Ørsted Dal Member at the top. It was deposited in a large shallow to ephemeral lake.[1]
Vertebrate fauna
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See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- ↑ Clemmensen, L.B.; Kent D.V. & Jenkins F.A.Jr. (1998). "A Late Triassic lake system in East Greenland: facies, depositional cycles and palaeoclimate". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Elsevier) 140: 135–159. doi:10.1016/s0031-0182(98)00043-1. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ↑ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Triassic, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 518–521. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.