Painten Formation
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 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Sub-units | Öchselberg member |
| Underlies | Mörnsheim Formation |
| Overlies | Torleite Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Mudstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 48.9°N 11.6°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 40.2°N 19.6°E |
| Region | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Bavaria |
| Country |  Germany |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Painten, near Kelheim |
  Painten Formation (Germany) | |
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[6]
- Ascalabothrissops voelkli[6]
- Scheenstia zappi[6]
- Undina pencillata[6]
- Voelklichthys comitatus[6]
- Allothrissops sp.[6]
- Gyrodus sp.[6]
- Leptolepis sp.[6]
- ?Elopsomolos sp.[6]
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.
References
- Painten Formation at Fossilworks.org
- Rauhut et al., 2019
- Fabre, 1981
- Rauhut et al., 2018
- Tischlinger & Frey, 2013
- Arratia, 2000
Bibliography
- 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. ..
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