The Painten Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic period.Painten Formation at Fossilworks.org
Description It is roughly contemporary with the Altmühltal Formation (which includes the true Solnhofen limestone), as they both underlay the Mörnsheim Formation.Rauhut et al., 2019 The 12th specimen, or "Schamhaupten specimen", of Archaeopteryx was uncovered in the lower portion of the Painten Formation. Other dinosaurs found here include Juravenator, Ostromia and possibly Compsognathus.
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
Reptiles
Schoenesmahl dyspepsiaReisdorf, A.G.; Wuttke, M. (2012). "Re-evaluating Moodie's Opisthotonic-Posture Hypothesis in fossil vertebrates. Part I: Reptiles – The taphonomy of the bipedal dinosaurs Compsognathus longipes and Juravenator starki from the Solnhofen Archipelago (Jurassic, Germany)". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 92 (1): 119–168. doi:10.1007/s12549-011-0068-y. S2CID 129785393 Dakosaurus maximus Eurysternum wagleri Juravenator starki Leptosaurus pulchellusFabre, 1981 Ostromia crassipes Solnhofia parsonsi Archaeopteryx sp.Rauhut et al., 2018 Compsognathus longipes PropterodactylusTischlinger & Frey, 2013 Rhamphorhynchus sp. Eurysternidae indet. Ichthyosauria indet.
Fish Chondrichthyes Paracestracion viohliArratia, 2000 Osteichthyes
Anaethalion zapporum Ascalabothrissops voelkli Scheenstia zappi Undina penicillata Voelklichthys comitatus Allothrissops sp. Gyrodus sp. Leptolepis sp. ?Elopsomolos sp.
Invertebrates Echinoids Pygaster sp. Echinoidea indet. Crinoids Saccocoma tenella Millericrinus sp. Corals Muensteria vermicularis Scleractinia indet.
Flora
Crescentiella morronensis Cycadopteris jurensis Araucarites sp. Brachyphyllum sp. Goniolina sp. Sphenopteris sp. Phaeophyceae indet.
See also List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany
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