Obernkirchen Sandstein

Obernkirchen Sandstein Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous
Type	Geological formation
Location
Region	Europe

The Obernkirchen Sandstein is a geological formation in Lower Saxony, Germany whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Ornithischians of the Obernkirchen Sandstein
Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images
Infraorder: Ankylosauria[1] Tracks.[1]	Geographically located in Niedersachsen, Germany.[1]
Genus: Euornithopoda[1] Tracks.[1]	Geographically located in Niedersachsen, Germany.[1]
Genus: Iguanodon[1] Iguanodon sp.[1]	Geographically located in Niedersachsen, Germany.[1]
Order:  ?Ornithischia[1] Possible ornithischian tracks.[1]	Geographically located in Niedersachsen, Germany.[1]
Genus: Stenopelix[1] S. valdensis.[1]	Geographically located in Niedersachsen, Germany.[1]	"Partial skeleton, no skull."[2]
Suborder: Theropoda[1] Indeterminate remains.[1] Tracks.[1]	Geographically located in Niedersachsen, Germany.[1] Geographically located in Niedersachsen, Germany.[1]	"(= Megalosaurus dunkeri)"[1]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

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1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v} Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 562. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
2. ^ "Table 21.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 465.