Rabekke Formation

Rabekke Formation
Rabekke Formation
Stratigraphic range: Latest Tithonian-earliest Berriasian; ~146–143 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological Formation
Unit of	Nyker Group
Sub-units	Homanshald & Skyttegård Members
Underlies	Robbedale Formation
Overlies	Bagå Formation
Lithology
Primary	Claystone, mudstone, siltstone
Location
Coordinates	55°06′N 14°48′E / 55.1°N 14.8°E
Approximate paleocoordinates	46°30′N 21°30′E / 46.5°N 21.5°E
Region	Bornholm
Country	Denmark
	Rabekke Formation (Denmark)

The Rabekke Formation is a geological formation dating to the latest Jurassic or earliest Cretaceous, around 146 to 145 million years ago.^[1] The formation crops out on the island of Bornholm, Denmark. Vertebrate fossils have been found in the formation.^[2]

Fossil content

Small dromaeosaurid and indeterminate maniraptoran teeth have been uncovered in this formation. Sauropod tracks have also been found.^[2]

Genus	Species	Location	Material	Description	Images
Sunnyodon^[2]	S. notleyi	Bornholm, Denmark^[2]	Tooth^[2]

Genus	Species	Location	Material
Bernissartia^[2]	B. sp^[2]	Bornholm, Denmark^[2]	Teeth^[2]
Goniopholis^[2]	G. sp^[2]	Bornholm, Denmark^[2]	Teeth^[2]
Theriosuchus^[2]	T. sp^[2]	Bornholm, Denmark^[2]	Teeth^[2]

Color key

Taxon	Reclassified taxon	Taxon falsely reported as present	Dubious taxon or junior synonym	Ichnotaxon	Ootaxon	Morphotaxon

Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; ~~crossed out~~ taxa are discredited.

Small possible bird teeth have been identified in this formation.^[2]

Unidentified turtle carapaces have been recovered from the formation.^[2]

Postcranial elements of amphibians have been identified.^[2]

Postcranial remains from lizards have been recovered.^[2]

^ Rabekke Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Milan, J.; Rasmussen, B.W.; Bonde, N. (2012). "Coprolites with prey remains from coprophagous organisms from the Lower Cretaceous (Late Berriasian) Jydegaard Formation of Bornholm, Denmark". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. Bulletin. 57: 235–240.

F. Surlyk, J. Milàn, and N. Noe-Nygaard. 2008. Dinosaur tracks and possible lungfish aestivation burrows in a shallow coastal lake; lowermost Cretaceous, Bornholm, Denmark. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 267:292-304
J. Lindgren, J. Rees, M. Siverson and G. Cuny. 2004. The first Mesozoic mammal from Scandinavia. GFF 126:325-330
E. B. Koppelhus and D. J. Batten. 1992. Megaspore assemblages from the Jurassic and lowermost Cretaceous of Bornholm, Denmark. DGU, Danmarks Geologiske Undersogelse, Serie A 32:1-81