Mörnsheim Formation

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| age = Tithonian

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| region = Bavaria

| country = {{GER}}

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The Mörnsheim Formation is a geologic formation in Germany, near Daiting and Mörnsheim, Bavaria. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period. It overlies the older Altmühltal Formation in its northwestern extent, and the Painten Formation to the east.{{cite journal |last1=Rauhut |first1=Oliver WM |last2=Tischlinger |first2=Helmut |last3=Foth |first3=Christian |title=A non-archaeopterygid avialan theropod from the Late Jurassic of southern Germany |journal=eLife |date=14 May 2019 |volume=8 |pages=e43789 |pmid=31084702 |pmc=6516837 |doi=10.7554/eLife.43789 |doi-access=free }}

Paleofauna

Aeolodon priscus
Alcmonavis poeschli
Altmuehlopterus rhamphastinus
Archaeopteryx albersdoerferi
Cricosaurus
Geosaurus giganteus
Petrodactyle wellnhoferi{{cite journal|last1=Hone|first1=David W.E.|last2=Lauer|first2=René|last3=Bruce|first3=Bruce|last4=Spindler|first4=Frederik|date=2023-07-14|title=Petrodactyle wellnhoferi gen. et sp. nov.: A new and large ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Germany|journal=Palaeontologia Electronica|page=26.2.a25|doi=10.26879/1251|url=https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2023/3878-a-new-solnhofen-pterosaur|doi-access=free}}
Pleurosaurus goldfussi
"Rhamphodactylus"{{Cite journal |last=Rauhut |first=Oliver W. M. |date=January 2012 |title=Ein "Rhamphodactylus" aus der Mörnsheim-Formation von Mühlheim |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235907980 |journal=Der Bayerischen Staatssammlungfür Paläontologie und Historische GeologieMünchen e.V. |language=de |location=Munich |publisher=Dr. Friedrich Pfeil |pages=69–74 |isbn=978-3-89937-147-5 |issn=0942-5845}}
Solnhofia parsoni
Skiphosoura bavarica{{Cite journal |last=Hone |first=David William Elliott |last2=Fitch |first2=Adam |last3=Selzer |first3=Stefan |last4=Lauer |first4=René |last5=Lauer |first5=Bruce |date=2024-11-18 |title=A new and large monofenestratan reveals the evolutionary transition to the pterodactyloid pterosaurs |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982224013770 |journal=Current Biology |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2024.10.023 |issn=0960-9822|doi-access=free }}

Mörnsheim Formation

Paleofauna

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