Przysucha Formation

Stratigraphic range: Hettangian
~200 Ma

PreꞒ

Type| Formation
Lithology
Primary| Sandstone
Other| Mudstone
Location
Coordinates| 50°54′N 21°18′E﻿ / ﻿50.9°N 21.3°E﻿ / 50.9; 21.3
Approximate paleocoordinates| 43°18′N 19°42′E﻿ / ﻿43.3°N 19.7°E﻿ / 43.3; 19.7
Region| Swietokrzyskie
Country|  Poland
Extent| Holy Cross Mountains

Przysucha Formation (Poland)

The Przysucha Formation is a geologic formation in Poland. Ichnofossils attributed to dinosaurs have been found in the formation.

## Fossil content

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The following fossils were reported from the formation:[1]

Ichnofossils

* Anomoepus pienkovskii[2]
* Grallator (Grallator) zvierzi[2]
* Moyenisauropus karaszevskii[2]
* Anomoepus sp.[3]
* Grallator (Eubrontes) sp.[3]
* Kayentapus sp.[2]
* Protosuchus sp.[2]
* cf. Stenonyx sp.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Przysucha Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. ^ a b c d e f Gierlinski & Potemska, 1987
3. ^ a b Gierlinski & Niedzwiedzki, 2005

### Bibliography

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* Gierlinski, G.; Niedzwiedzki, G. (2005), "New saurischian dinosaur footprints from the Lower Jurassic of Poland", Geological Quarterly, 49: 99–104
* Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
* Gierlinski, G.; Potemska, A. (1987), "Lower Jurassic dinosaur footprints from Gliniany Las, northern slope of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland", Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 175: 107–120, doi:10.1127/njgpa/175/1987/107