Painten Formation | |
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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 |
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Type section | |
Named for | Painten, near Kelheim |
The Painten Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic period. [1]
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.
The following fossils have been reported from the formation: [1]
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. ..