| Torleite Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Kimmeridgian ~ | |
 | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Upper Weißjura Group |
| Underlies | Rögling & Painten Formations |
| Overlies | Treuchtlingen Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Mudstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 50°00′N 11°06′E / 50.0°N 11.1°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 41°12′N 19°12′E / 41.2°N 19.2°E |
| Region | Bavaria |
| Country |  Germany |
  Torleite Formation (Germany) | |
The Torleite Formation is a geologic formation and Lagerstätte in Germany.[1] It preserves fossils dating to the Kimmeridgian stage of the Jurassic period.[2] Animals recovered from the formation include the small theropod dinosaur Sciurumimus, the ctenochasmatid pterosaur Balaenognathus, and the extinct bony fish Anaethalion.
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[2]
Crocodylomorphs
Dinosaurs
Pterosaurs
Turtles
Rhynchocephalians
Fish
See also
References
- ↑ Chellouche et al., in Reitner et al., 2013, p.29
- 1 2 Torleite Formation at Fossilworks.org
- 1 2 3 4 5 Rauhut et al., 2012
- ↑ Sachs et al., 2019
- ↑ Martill, D. M.; Frey, E.; Tischlinger, H.; Mäuser, M.; Rivera-Sylva, H. E.; Vidovic, S. U. (2023). "A new pterodactyloid pterosaur with a unique filter-feeding apparatus from the Late Jurassic of Germany". PalZ. doi:10.1007/s12542-022-00644-4.
- ↑ Villa, Andrea; Montie, Roel; Röper, Martin; Rothgaenger, Monika; Rauhut, Oliver W. M. (2021-05-03). "Sphenofontis velserae gen. et sp. nov., a new rhynchocephalian from the Late Jurassic of Brunn (Solnhofen Archipelago, southern Germany)". PeerJ. 9: e11363. doi:10.7717/peerj.11363. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 8101455.
Bibliography
- Sachs, S.; M. T. Young; P. Abel, and H. Mallison. 2019. A new species of the metriorhynchid crocodylomorph Cricosaurus from the Upper Jurassic of southern Germany. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64. 343–356. Accessed 2020-09-15.
- Reitner, Joachim; Yang Qun; Wang Yongdong, and Mike Reich. 2013. Palaeobiology and Geobiology of Fossil Lagerstätten through Earth History, 1-218. Universitätsverlag Göttingen. Accessed 2020-09-15. ISBN 978-3-86395-135-1
- Rauhut, O. W. M.; C. Foth; H. Tischlinger, and M. A. Norell. 2012. Exceptionally preserved juvenile megalosauroid theropod dinosaur with filamentous integument from the Late Jurassic of Germany. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 29. 11746–11751. .
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