The Sebeș Formation is a geological formation in Romania . It is of Maastrichtian age. It is laterally equivalent to the Sard Formation. The base of the formation consists of claystones interbedded with sandstones and conglomerates. It is well known for its fossils which form a component of the Hațeg Island fauna.[1]
Paleobiota
Turtles
Turtles of the Sebeş Formation
Genus
Species
Notes
Images
Kallokibotion
K. bajazidi
Dortokidae
Indeterminate
Dinosaurs
Pterosaurs
References
^ Vremir, Mátyás; Bălc, Ramona; Csiki-Sava, Zoltán; Brusatte, Stephen L.; Dyke, Gareth; Naish, Darren; Norell, Mark A. (May 2014). "Petreşti-Arini – An important but ephemeral Upper Cretaceous continental vertebrate site in the southwestern Transylvanian Basin, Romania" . Cretaceous Research . 49 : 13–38. doi :10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.002 .
^ Z., Csiki; Vremir, M.; Brusatte, S. L.; Norell, M. A. (2010). "An aberrant island-dwelling theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Romania" . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 107 (35): 15357–15361. Bibcode :2010PNAS..10715357C . doi :10.1073/pnas.1006970107 . PMC 2932599 . PMID 20805514 .
^ Vremir, M. T. S.; Kellner, A. W. A.; Naish, D.; Dyke, G. J. (2013). Viriot, Laurent (ed.). "A New Azhdarchid Pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of the Transylvanian Basin, Romania: Implications for Azhdarchid Diversity and Distribution" . PLoS ONE . 8 : e54268. doi :10.1371/journal.pone.0054268 . PMC 3559652 . PMID 23382886 .