Painten Formation
| Painten Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: early Tithonian ~150–148 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Sub-units | Öchselberg member |
| Underlies | Mörnsheim Formation |
| Overlies | Torleite Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Mudstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates |   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
Fish
- Chondrichthyes
- Osteichthyes
- Anaethalion zapporum[7]
- Ascalabothrissops voelkli[7]
- Scheenstia zappi[7]
- Undina pencillata[7]
- Voelklichthys comitatus[7]
- Allothrissops sp.[7]
- Gyrodus sp.[7]
- Leptolepis sp.[7]
- ?Elopsomolos sp.[7]
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
References
- ^ a b Painten Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ a b 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
- ^ Tischlinger & Frey, 2013
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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: e43789, doi:10.7554/eLife.43789, PMC 6516837, 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: e4191, doi:10.7717/peerj.4191, PMC 5788062, 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, Bibcode:2017BMCEE..17..236F, doi:10.1186/s12862-017-1076-y, PMC 5712154, PMID 29197327
- 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, Bibcode:2000FossR...3..137A, doi:10.5194/fr-3-137-2000
- 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
