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
~155–150 Ma
Outcrop of the Torelite Formation near Wattendorf which is the type locality of Balaenognathus maeuseri
TypeFormation
Unit ofUpper Weißjura Group
UnderliesRögling & Painten Formations
OverliesTreuchtlingen Formation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherMudstone
Location
Coordinates50°00′N 11°06′E / 50.0°N 11.1°E / 50.0; 11.1
Approximate paleocoordinates41°12′N 19°12′E / 41.2°N 19.2°E / 41.2; 19.2
RegionBavaria
Country Germany
Torleite Formation is located in Germany
Torleite Formation
Torleite Formation (Germany)

Fossil content

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The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[2]

Crocodylomorphs

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Dinosaurs

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Pterosaurs

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Turtles

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Rhynchocephalians

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Fish

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Chellouche et al., in Reitner et al., 2013, p.29
  2. ^ a b Torleite Formation at Fossilworks.org
  3. ^ a b c d e Rauhut et al., 2012
  4. ^ Sachs et al., 2019
  5. ^ 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. 97 (2): 383–424. Bibcode:2023PalZ...97..383M. doi:10.1007/s12542-022-00644-4.
  6. ^ 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. PMID 33987027.

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