| Painten Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: early Tithonian ~ | |
| 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 |
| Approximate 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[edit]
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[edit]
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1]
Reptiles[edit]
Fish[edit]
- Chondrichthyes
- Osteichthyes
Invertebrates[edit]
- Echinoids
- Crinoids
- Corals
Flora[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- Rauhut, Oliver W.M.; Helmut Tischlinger, and Christian Foth. 2019. A non-archaeopterygid avialan theropod from the Late Jurassic of southern Germany. eLife 8. e43789. . PMID 31084702 PMC 6516837 doi:10.7554/eLife.43789
- Rauhut, O. W. M.; C. Foth, and H. Tischlinger. 2018. The oldest Archaeopteryx (Theropoda: Avialiae): a new specimen from the Kimmeridgian/Tithonian boundary of Schamhaupten, Bavaria. PeerJ 6. e4191. .
- Foth, C., and O. W. M. Rauhut. 2017. Re-evaluation of the Haarlem Archaeopteryx and the radiation of maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17. 236. .
- Tischlinger, H., and E. Frey. 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. 137–179. .
- 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, 1–188. ..