Barkhausen tracksite (Unit 9): Early/Lower Kimmeridgian, Germany
collected by M. Ballerstedt; C. Meyer, M. Lockley 1921, 1998–1999, 2020

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Eubrontidae
Megalosauridae indet.
Haubold 1971 2 individuals
trackways f, g
    = Megalosauropus teutonicus n. gen., n. sp. Kaever and Lapparent 1974
Kaever and Lapparent 1974
recombined as Jurabrontes teutonicus
Reptilia - Parabrontopodidae
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878
Haubold 1971 11 individuals
trackways a, b, c, d, e
    = Elephantopoides barkhausensis n. gen., n. sp. Kaever and Lapparent 1974
Kaever and Lapparent 1974
recombined as Parabrontopodus barkhausensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Niedersachsen
Coordinates: 52.3° North, 8.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.3° North, 16.6° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Kimmeridgian
Age range of interval:154.80000 - 152.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Barkhausen Local bed:9 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "middle part of the Lower Kimmeridgian"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:desiccation cracks,"cross stratification",planar lamination,paleosol/pedogenic sandstone
Secondary lithology:planar lamination,gray,green,red sandy claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "sandstone in 0.30 to 0.50 m banks, with passages of reddish or gray-green sandy clays and cross-stratification."
Environment:paralic indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,trace
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:M. Ballerstedt; C. Meyer, M. Lockley Collection dates:1921, 1998–1999, 2020
Metadata
Database number:121154
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-11-29 10:28:13 Last modified:2022-09-27 14:19:18
Access level:the public Released:2011-11-29 10:28:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
62684. H. Schmidt. 1959. Die Cornberger Fährten im Rahmen der Vierfüssler-Entwicklung [The Cornberger tracks as part of the evolution of quadrupeds]. Abhandlungen des Hessischen Landesamtes für Bodenforschung 28:1-137 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

78041 C. Diedrich. 2004. New important iguanodontid and theropod trackways of the tracksite Obernkirchen in the Berriasian of NW Germany and megatracksite concept of central Europe. Ichnos 11(3-4):215-228 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
60696 C. Diedrich. 2011. Upper Jurassic tidal flat megatracksites of Germany—coastal dinosaur migration highways between European islands, and a review of the dinosaur footprints. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 91:129-155 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
78151 H. Friese. 1972. Die Dinosaurierfährten von Barkhausen im Wiehengebirge [The dinosaur tracks from Barkhausen in the Wiehen Mountains]. Wittlager Heimathefte 5:1-20 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
78152 H. Friese. 1979. Die Dinosaurierfährten von Barkhausen im Wiehengebirge [The dinosaur tracks from Barkhausen in the Wiehen Mountains]. Veröffentlichungen des Landkreises Osnabrück 1:1-36 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
29189ETE H. Haubold. 1971. In O. Kuhn (ed.), Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology. Part 18. Ichnia Amphibiorum et Reptiliorum Fossilium 1-124 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
38671 M. Kaever and A. F. d. Lapparent. 1974. Les traces de pas de Dinosaures du Jurassique de Barkhausen (Basse Saxe, Allemagne) [Dinosaur footprints from the Jurassic of Barkhausen (Lower Saxony, Germany)]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 7e série 16(5):516-525 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
70732 J. N. Lallensack, P. M. Sander, N. Knötschke and O. Wings. 2015. Dinosaur tracks from the Langenberg Quarry (Late Jurassic, Germany) reconstructed with historical photogrammetry: evidence for large theropods soon after insular dwarfism. Palaeontologia Electronica 18(2):31A:1-34 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
65420 M. G. Lockley, K. J. Houck, and N. K. Prince. 1986. North America's largest dinosaur trackway site: implications for Morrison Formation paleoecology. Geological Society America Bulletin 97:1163-1176 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
78131 C. A. Meyer, M. Belvedere, B. Englich and M. G. Lockley. 2021. A reevaluation of the Late Jurassic dinosaur tracksite Barkhausen (Wiehengebirge, Northern Germany). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 95(3):537-558 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
41201 N. Nordmeyer. 1976. Die Saurierfährten von Barkhausen im Wiehengebirge [The dinosaur tracks from Barkhausen in the Wiehen Mountains]. Arbeitskreis Paläontologie Hannover 4(1):14-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
55488 M. Romano, M. A. Whyte, and S. J. Jackson. 2007. Trackway ratio: A new look at trackway gauge in the analysis of quadrupedal dinosaur trackways and its implications for ichnotaxonomy. Ichnos 14(3–4):257-270 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
82494 T. Thulborn. 1990. Dinosaur Tracks 1-410 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
76452 R. Windolf. 2000. Dinosaur sites in the Upper Jurassic of northern Germany. In M.-C. Buchy (ed.), 5th European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology. Program. Abstracts. Excursion Guides 87-88 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
82714 R. Windolf. 2000. Dinosaur sites from the Upper Jurassic of northern Germany. In S. Sachs & R. Windolf (ed.), First Symposium on European Dinosaurs. Programme and Abstracts 26-27 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]