| Festningen Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Barremian ~125–120 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
| Type | Member |
| Unit of | Helvetiafjellet Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 78°06′N 14°00′E / 78.1°N 14.0°E / 78.1; 14.0 |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 69°24′N 17°30′E / 69.4°N 17.5°E / 69.4; 17.5 |
| Region | Svalbard |
| Country |  Norway |
  Festningen Sandstone (Svalbard) | |
The Festningen Sandstone is an Early Cretaceous (Barremian) geologic formation in Svalbard, in the far north of Norway. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Norway
- Lunde Formation
- Camarillas Formation
- South Polar region of the Cretaceous
References
- Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 517-607
- Dinosaur tracks
- Festningen Sandstone at Fossilworks.org
- Lockley & Meyer, 2000, pp.220-222
Bibliography
- 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
- Lockley, Martin G.; Meyer, C.A. (2000), Dinosaur Tracks and other fossil footprints of Europe, Columbia University Press, New York, ISBN 0-231-10710-2
Further reading
- J. H. Hurum, J. Milàn, Hammer Midtkandal, H. Amundsen, and B. Sæther. 2006. Tracking polar dinosaurs—new finds from the Lower Cretaceous of Svalbard. Norwegian Journal of Geology 86:397-402
- A. F. d. Lapparent. 1960. Découverte de traces de pas de Dinosauriens dans le Crétacé du Spitzberg . Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 251:1399-1400