Earth:Painten Formation
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| Painten Formation Stratigraphic range: early Tithonian ~150–148 Ma | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Sub-units | Öchselberg member |
| Underlies | Mörnsheim Formation |
| Overlies | Torleite Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Mudstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 48°54′N 11°36′E / 48.9°N 11.6°E |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 40°12′N 19°36′E / 40.2°N 19.6°E |
| Region | Bavaria |
| Country | Germany |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Painten, near Kelheim |
  Painten Formation (Germany) | |
The Painten Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic period.[1]
Description
It is roughly contemporary with the Altmühltal Formation (which includes the true Solnhofen limestone), as they both underlay the Mörnsheim Formation.[2] The 12th specimen, or "Schamhaupten specimen", of Archaeopteryx was uncovered in the lower portion of the Painten Formation.[2] Other dinosaurs found here include Juravenator, Ostromia and possibly Compsognathus.
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1]
Reptiles
- Schoenesmahl dyspepsia[3]
- Dakosaurus maximus
- Eurysternum wagleri
- Juravenator starki
- Leptosaurus pulchellus[4]
- Solnhofia parsonsi
- Archaeopteryx sp.[5]
- Compsognathus longipes
- Propterodactylus[6][7]
- Rhamphorhynchus sp.
- Eurysternidae indet.
- Ichthyosauria indet.
Fish
- Chondrichthyes
- Osteichthyes
- Anaethalion zapporum[8]
- Ascalabothrissops voelkli[8]
- Scheenstia zappi[8]
- Undina penicillata[8]
- Voelklichthys comitatus[8]
- Allothrissops sp.[8]
- Gyrodus sp.[8]
- Leptolepis sp.[8]
- ?Elopsomolos sp.[8]
Invertebrates
- Echinoids
- Pygaster sp.
- Echinoidea indet.
- Crinoids
- Saccocoma tenella
- Millericrinus sp.
- Corals
Flora
- Crescentiella morronensis
- Cycadopteris jurensis
- Araucarites sp.
- Brachyphyllum sp.
- Goniolina sp.
- Sphenopteris sp.
- Phaeophyceae indet.
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Painten Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rauhut et al., 2019
- ↑ Reisdorf, A.G.; Wuttke, M. (2012). "Re-evaluating Moodie's Opisthotonic-Posture Hypothesis in fossil vertebrates. Part I: Reptiles – The taphonomy of the bipedal dinosaurs Compsognathus longipes and Juravenator starki from the Solnhofen Archipelago (Jurassic, Germany)". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 92 (1): 119–168. doi:10.1007/s12549-011-0068-y. S2CID 129785393
- ↑ Fabre, 1981
- ↑ Rauhut et al., 2018
- ↑ Spindler, Frederik (2024-07-23). "A pterosaurian connecting link from the Late Jurassic of Germany" (in English). Palaeontologia Electronica 27 (2): 1–27. doi:10.26879/1366. ISSN 1094-8074. https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2024/5213-pterosaurian-connecting-link.
- ↑ Tischlinger & Frey, 2013
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 Arratia, 2000
Bibliography
- Rauhut, Oliver W.M.; Tischlinger, Helmut; Foth, Christian (2019), "A non-archaeopterygid avialan theropod from the Late Jurassic of southern Germany", eLife 8, doi:10.7554/eLife.43789, PMID 31084702
- Rauhut, O. W. M.; Foth, C.; Tischlinger, H. (2018), "The oldest Archaeopteryx (Theropoda: Avialiae): a new specimen from the Kimmeridgian/Tithonian boundary of Schamhaupten, Bavaria", PeerJ 6, doi:10.7717/peerj.4191, PMID 29383285
- Foth, C.; Rauhut, O. W. M. (2017), "Re-evaluation of the Haarlem Archaeopteryx and the radiation of maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs", BMC Evolutionary Biology 17 (1): 236, doi:10.1186/s12862-017-1076-y, PMID 29197327, Bibcode: 2017BMCEE..17..236F
- Tischlinger, H.; Frey, E. (2013), "A new pterosaur with mosaic characters of basal and pterodactyloid pterosauria from the Upper Kimmeridgian of Painten (Upper Palatinate, Germany)", Archaeopteryx 31: 1–13
- Arrati, G (2000), "Remarkable teleostean fishes from the Late Jurassic of southern Germany and their phylogenetic relationships", Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaften Reihe 3 (1): 137–179, doi:10.5194/fr-3-137-2000, Bibcode: 2000FossR...3..137A
- Fabre, J (1981), Les rhynchocephales et les pterosauriens a crete parietale du Kimeridgien superieur-Berriasien d'Europe occidentale: le gisement de Canjuers (Var-France) et ses abords, ., pp. 1–188
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