Sânpetru Formation
Geological formation in Romania From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sânpetru Formation is an early Maastrichtian geologic formation. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1] It is located in Romania, near Sânpetru village, part of Sântămăria-Orlea commune. It forms a component of the Hațeg Island fauna.
Sânpetru Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Early Maastrichtian ~ | |
![]() Sibișel River near the Sânpetru Formation | |
Type | Geological formation |
Sub-units | Lower & Upper Members |
Underlies | Miocene deposits |
Overlies | Strei Formation, flysch |
Thickness | 2,500 m (8,200 ft) of which 860 m (2,820 ft) exposed |
Lithology | |
Primary | Mudstone, sandstone |
Other | Conglomerate |
Location | |
Coordinates | 45.6°N 22.9°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 30.5°N 22.1°E |
Region | Hunedoara |
Country | Romania |
Extent | Central Hațeg Basin |
Type section | |
Named for | Sânpetru |
Description
The Sânpetru Formation crops out in the central to southern Hațeg Basin along the Bărbat River and comprises sandstones and mudstones deposited in a wet floodplain environment characterized by braided fluvial channels. The formation is correlated with the Densuș-Ciula Formation of the northern section of the same basin, both dating to the Maastrichtian of the Late Cretaceous.[2]
Fossil content
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Amphibians
Amphibians of the Sânpetru Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
Albanerpeton | Indeterminate | Albanerpetontid | ||||
Paralatonia | P. transylvanica | Frog | ||||
Turtles
Turtles of the Sânpetru Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
Kallokibotion | K. bajazidi | |||||
Dortokidae | Indeterminate | |||||
Emydidae | Indeterminate | |||||
Squamates
Squamates of the Sânpetru Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
Barbatteius | B. vremiri | |||||
Becklesius | B. nopcsai | |||||
Bicuspidon | B. hatzegiensis | |||||
Lacertilia | Indeterminate | 5 distinct taxa | ||||
Madtsoiidae | Indeterminate | Snake | ||||
Crocodyliformes
Crocodyliformes of the Sânpetru Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
Allodaposuchus[3] | Indeterminate | |||||
Sabresuchus | S. sympiestodon | |||||
Ornithischians
Ornithischians of the Sânpetru Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
Struthiosaurus[4] | S. transylvanicus[4] | Szentpéterfalva. | A skull and partial skeleton. | A nodosaur. | ![]() | |
Telmatosaurus[4][5] | T. transsylvanicus[4] | "[Five to ten] fragmentary skulls, some with associated postcrania, mixed age classes."[6] | A small hadrosauromorph. |
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Zalmoxes[4] | Z. robustus[4] | A Rhabdodontid ornithopod. | ![]() | |||
Z. shqiperorum[4] | Upper | A left dentary, sacrum, right scapula, right coracoid, partial left ilium, partial right ilium, right ischium, left distal ischium and left femur. | ||||
Sauropods
Sauropods of the Sânpetru Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
Magyarosaurus[4] | M. dacus[4] | A dwarf sauropod. | ![]() | |||
Paludititan[7] | P. nalatzensis | A dwarf sauropod | ![]() | |||
Petrustitan[8] | P. hungaricus | Sibisel River Valley. | Upper | Partial skeleton composed of caudal vertebrae, right ulna, right radius, right metacarpal, right ilium, and left fibula. | A dwarf sauropod, originally assigned to the genus Magyarosaurus | ![]() |
Theropods
Theropods of the Sânpetru Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Gargantuavis | Indeterminate | Pelvis[9] | ||||
Bradycneme[4] | B. draculae[4] | "Distal tibiotarsus."[10] | ||||
Elopteryx[4][11] | E. nopcsai[4] | "Fragmentary femur."[10] | ![]() | |||
Euronychodon[12] | Indeterminate[12] | |||||
Heptasteornis[4] | H. andrewsi[4] | "Distal tibiotarsus."[13] | ||||
Megalosaurus[4] | M. hungaricus | "Tooth."[14] | ||||
Pterosaurs
Pterosaurs reported from the Sânpetru Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Eurazhdarcho | E.langendorfensis | An azhdarchid pterosaur. | ![]() | |||
Hatzegopteryx | H.thambema | A giant azhdarchid pterosaur. | ![]() | |||
Mammals
Mammals from the Sânpetru Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Barbatodon | B. transylvanicus | Kogaionid | ||||
Kogaionon | K. ungureanui | Kogaionid | ||||
See also
References
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