Hassberge Formation

The Hassberge Formation is a geologic formation in Bavaria, Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carnian stage of the Triassic period.

Fossil content

Insects

Coleoptera

• Carabilarva triassica
• Dinoharpalus coptoclavoides
• Larvula triassica
• Protonectes germanicus
• Stargelytron larissae
• Zygadenia sp.
• Coptoclavidae indet.

Invertebrates

• Euestheria kozuri
• Gregoriusella striatula
• Laxitextella dorsorecta
• L. freybergi

Ichnofossils

• Apatopus lineatus

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany
• Benkersandstein, contemporaneous ichnofossiliferous formation of Bavaria
• Chañares Formation, fossiliferous formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin, Argentina
• Candelária Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Paraná Basin, Brazil
• Molteno Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Lesotho and South Africa
• Pebbly Arkose Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe
• Denmark Hill Insect Bed, contemporaneous fossiliferous unit of Queensland, Australia
• Madygen Formation, contemporaneous Lagerstätte of Kyrgyzstan

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