Fleming Fjord Formation

Fleming Fjord Formation, also known as the Fleming Fjord Group, is an Upper Triassic rock unit on the northeastern coast of Jameson Land in Greenland and one of the region’s most important fossil-bearing formations. Its terrestrial sediments, deposited in and around a large shallow lake that sometimes became ephemeral, record changing continental environments. Divided into the Edderfugledal, Malmros Klint, and Ørsted Dal members, it dates to the Norian and Rhaetian stages. Its rich fossil record includes sauropodomorph dinosaurs, pterosaurs, temnospondyls, mammaliaforms, aetosaurs, other reptiles and vertebrates, bivalves, fish remains, tracks, coprolites, and turtle and theropod remains, offering a valuable view of Late Triassic ecosystems in high-latitude Greenland.

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