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Bückeberg

47 occ. 26 taxa (4 genera) 1 countries
Description

The Bückeberg Formation is a geologic formation and Lagerstätte in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Berriasian of the Cretaceous period. The Bückeberg Formation has previously been considered to constitute the "German Wealden" in reference to its similarity to the Wealden Group in the United Kingdom. More recently it has been considered a group, containing the Isterberg and Deister Formations. The plesiosaur Brancasaurus, an indeterminate ankylosaur referred to Hylaeosaurus, the turtle Dorsetochelys are known from the formation.

Genera
4 genera
Iguanodontipus
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus Formal taxon 6 occ. · 143 Ma
Hylaeosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 139 Ma
Megalosauripus
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus 1 occ. · 201 Ma
Megalosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 206 Ma
Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Geological group / Member
Obernkirchen 33
Osterwald 2
? Osterwald 1
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany 47
Depositional environments
Terrestrial indet. 26
Estuary / bay 10
Fluvial-deltaic indet. 4
Fluvial indet. 3
Fine channel fill 2
Coarse channel fill 2
Top collectors
Presented by Herren Gerdemann and Bertelsmann (quarry owners) 10
A. Richter 5
A. Böhme 5
Dietrich 4
Grabbe 4
Ballerstedt 4
Naumann 3
C. Struckmann 2
Michaelis 2
H. Grabbe 2
Pelzer 2
G. Dunker 1
Collection activity by decade
1850s 1
1860s 1
1870s 2
1880s 6
1900s 5
1910s 10
1920s 7
1930s 1
1970s 2
1980s 2
1990s 2
2000s 9