Torleite Formation
The Torleite Formation is a geologic formation and Lagerstätte in Germany. It preserves fossils dating to the Kimmeridgian stage of the Jurassic period. Animals recovered from the formation include the small theropod dinosaur Sciurumimus, the ctenochasmatid pterosaur Balaenognathus, and the extinct bony fish Anaethalion.
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| Torleite Formation |
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| Stratigraphic range: Kimmeridgian~ |
| Outcrop of the Torelite Formation near Wattendorf which is the type locality of Balaenognathus maeuseri |
| Formation |
| Upper Weißjura Group |
| Rögling & Painten Formations |
| Treuchtlingen Formation |
| Limestone |
| Mudstone |
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| 41°12′N 19°12′E / 41.2°N 19.2°E / 41.2; 19.2 |
| Bavaria |
| Germany |
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The Torleite Formation is a geologic formation and Lagerstätte in Germany. It preserves fossils dating to the Kimmeridgian stage of the Jurassic period. Animals recovered from the formation include the small theropod dinosaur Sciurumimus, the ctenochasmatid pterosaur Balaenognathus, and the extinct bony fish Anaethalion.
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The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
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Alligatorium franconicum (=Neosuchia indet.)
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- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany
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- Sachs, S.; Young, M. T.; Abel, P.; Mallison, H. (2019), "A new species of the metriorhynchid crocodylomorph Cricosaurus from the Upper Jurassic of southern Germany", Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 64: 343–356, doi:10.4202/app.00541.2018, hdl:20.500.11820/3406c493-ccd5-47bf-9103-2a5acd3fc9b1
- Reitner, Joachim; Qun, Yang; Yongdong, Wang; Reich, Mike (2013), Palaeobiology and Geobiology of Fossil Lagerstätten through Earth History (PDF), Universitätsverlag Göttingen, pp. 1–218, ISBN 978-3-86395-135-1
- Rauhut, O. W. M.; Foth, C.; Tischlinger, H.; Norell, M. A. (2012), "Exceptionally preserved juvenile megalosauroid theropod dinosaur with filamentous integument from the Late Jurassic of Germany", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109 (29): 11746–11751, Bibcode:2012PNAS..10911746R, doi:10.1073/pnas.1203238109, PMC 3406838, PMID 22753486
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