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.
| Torleite Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Kimmeridgian ~ | |
 Outcrop of the Torelite Formation near Wattendorf which is the type locality of Balaenognathus maeuseri | |
| 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) | |
Fossil content edit
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[2]
Crocodylomorphs edit
- Alligatorium franconicum (=Neosuchia indet.)[3]
- Cricosaurus bambergensis[4]
- Dakosaurus maximus[3]
- Cricosaurus sp.[3]
Dinosaurs edit
Pterosaurs edit
Turtles edit
Rhynchocephalians edit
Fish edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Chellouche et al., in Reitner et al., 2013, p.29
- ^ a b Torleite Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ a b c d e 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 edit
- 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. .