Torleite Formation
{{Short description|Geologic formation in Germany}}
{{Infobox rockunit
| name = Torleite Formation
| image = Torleite Formation Ouctrop.jpg
| caption = Outcrop of the Torelite Formation near Wattendorf which is the type locality of Balaenognathus maeuseri
| type = Formation
| age = Kimmeridgian
~{{fossil range|155|150}}
| period = Kimmeridgian
| prilithology = Limestone
| otherlithology = Mudstone
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| region = Bavaria
| country = Germany
| coordinates = {{coord|50.0|N|11.1|E|display=inline,title}}
| paleocoordinates = {{coord|41.2|N|19.2|E|display=inline}}
| unitof = Upper Weißjura Group
| subunits =
| underlies = Rögling & Painten Formations
| overlies = Treuchtlingen Formation
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| map = {{Location map+ | Germany
| relief = 1
| width = 250
| float = center
| places =
{{Location map~ | Germany
| lat_deg = 50.3
| lon_deg = 11.0
| mark = Cyan pog.svg
| marksize = 10
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The Torleite Formation is a geologic formation and Lagerstätte in Germany.Chellouche et al., in Reitner et al., 2013, p.29 It preserves fossils dating to the Kimmeridgian stage of the Jurassic period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Torleite&group_formation_member=Torleite Torleite Formation] at Fossilworks.org Animals recovered from the formation include the small theropod dinosaur Sciurumimus, the ctenochasmatid pterosaur Balaenognathus, and the extinct bony fish Anaethalion.
Fossil content
= Crocodylomorphs =
= Dinosaurs =
= Pterosaurs =
- Balaenognathus maeuseri{{Cite journal |last1=Martill |first1=D. M. |last2=Frey |first2=E. |last3=Tischlinger |first3=H. |last4=Mäuser |first4=M. |last5=Rivera-Sylva |first5=H. E. |last6=Vidovic |first6=S. U. |year=2023 |title=A new pterodactyloid pterosaur with a unique filter-feeding apparatus from the Late Jurassic of Germany |journal=PalZ |volume=97 |issue=2 |pages=383–424 |doi=10.1007/s12542-022-00644-4|doi-access=free |bibcode=2023PalZ...97..383M }}
= Turtles =
= Rhynchocephalians =
- Sphenofontis velserae{{Cite journal|last1=Villa|first1=Andrea|last2=Montie|first2=Roel|last3=Röper|first3=Martin|last4=Rothgaenger|first4=Monika|last5=Rauhut|first5=Oliver W. M.|date=2021-05-03|title=Sphenofontis velserae gen. et sp. nov., a new rhynchocephalian from the Late Jurassic of Brunn (Solnhofen Archipelago, southern Germany)|journal=PeerJ|language=en|volume=9|pages=e11363|doi=10.7717/peerj.11363|issn=2167-8359|doi-access=free|pmid=33987027 |pmc=8101455}}
= Fish =
See also
{{Portal|Germany|Paleontology}}
References
=Citations=
{{reflist|2}}
= Bibliography =
- {{citation |last1=Sachs |first1=S. |first2=M. T. |last2=Young |first3=P. |last3=Abel |first4=H. |last4=Mallison |year=2019 |title=A new species of the metriorhynchid crocodylomorph Cricosaurus from the Upper Jurassic of southern Germany |url=https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app005412018.html |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=64 |pages=343–356 |doi=10.4202/app.00541.2018 |accessdate=2020-09-15|hdl=20.500.11820/3406c493-ccd5-47bf-9103-2a5acd3fc9b1 |hdl-access=free }}
- {{citation |last1=Reitner |first1=Joachim |first2=Yang |last2=Qun |first3=Wang |last3=Yongdong |first4=Mike |last4=Reich |year=2013 |title=Palaeobiology and Geobiology of Fossil Lagerstätten through Earth History |url=https://www.univerlag.uni-goettingen.de/bitstream/handle/3/isbn-978-3-86395-135-1/fossil_lagerstaetten.pdf?sequence=1 |publisher=Universitätsverlag Göttingen |pages=1–218 |accessdate=2020-09-15 |isbn=978-3-86395-135-1}}
- {{citation |last1=Rauhut |first1=O. W. M. |first2=C. |last2=Foth |first3=H. |last3=Tischlinger |first4=M. A. |last4=Norell |year=2012 |title=Exceptionally preserved juvenile megalosauroid theropod dinosaur with filamentous integument from the Late Jurassic of Germany |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |volume=109 |issue=29 |pages=11746–11751|doi=10.1073/pnas.1203238109 |doi-access=free |pmid=22753486 |bibcode=2012PNAS..10911746R |pmc=3406838 }}
Category:Jurassic System of Europe
Category:Shallow marine deposits
Category:Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of Europe
Category:Paleontology in Germany
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