Painten Formation

Summary

The Painten Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic period.[1]

Painten Formation
Stratigraphic range: early Tithonian
~150–148 Ma
TypeFormation
Sub-unitsÖchselberg member
UnderliesMörnsheim Formation
OverliesTorleite Formation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherMudstone
Location
Coordinates48°54′N 11°36′E / 48.9°N 11.6°E / 48.9; 11.6
Approximate paleocoordinates40°12′N 19°36′E / 40.2°N 19.6°E / 40.2; 19.6
Region Bavaria
Country Germany
Type section
Named forPainten, near Kelheim
Painten Formation is located in Germany
Painten Formation
Painten Formation (Germany)

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

  1. ^ a b Painten Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ a b Rauhut et al., 2019
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Fabre, 1981
  5. ^ Rauhut et al., 2018
  6. ^ Tischlinger & Frey, 2013
  7. ^ 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. ..