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	48°54′N11°36′E / 48.9°N 11.6°E / 48.9; 11.6
Approximate paleocoordinates	40°12′N19°36′E / 40.2°N 19.6°E / 40.2; 19.6
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

Further information: Paleobiota of the Solnhofen Limestone

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

• Paracestracion viohli ^[8]

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

• Muensteria vermicularis
• Scleractinia indet.

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. Painten Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. 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. Spindler, Frederik (2024-07-23). "A pterosaurian connecting link from the Late Jurassic of Germany". Palaeontologia Electronica . 27 (2): 1–27. doi: 10.26879/1366 . ISSN   1094-8074.
7. Tischlinger & Frey, 2013
8. 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