"Krautworst Naturstein" quarry, Mühlheim: Early/Lower Tithonian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Sphenodontidae
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Oenosaurus muehlheimensis n. gen., n. sp.
Rauhut et al. 2012
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Holotype: BSPG 2009 I 23; partial skull and complete mandibles | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Bayern | County: | Eichstätt |
| Coordinates: | 48.9° North, 11.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.1° North, 19.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 149.20000 - 146.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mörnsheim | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Mörnsheim Formation (Lower Tithonian) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination muddy,cherty/siliceous "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: The specimen was found in the middle parts of the Moernsheim Formation exposed at Mühlheim (Fig. 1), in a section of platy, siliceous limestones overlying lime bank B-H-5 ("Krebs-Bank"). The marine Tithonian (Upper Jurassic) Moernsheim Formation covers the famous Solnhofen lithographic limestones in the western region of the Franconian Alb in northern Bavaria. In contrast to the underlying Solnhofen Formation, the sediments of the Moernsheim Formation are more heterogeneous, consisting of mainly siliceous limestones in alternate bedding with marly and limey sections, and with intercalated banks particularly in the lower parts of the formation. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BSP |
| Collection method comments: Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Munich, Germany, BSPG | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 135673 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-11-01 21:00:46 | Last modified: | 2021-07-23 00:22:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-11-01 21:00:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43396. | O. W. M. Rauhut, A. M. Heyng, A. López-Arbarello and A. Hecker. 2012. A new rhynchocephalian from the Late Jurassic of Germany with a dentition that is unique amongst tetrapods. PLoS ONE 7(10):e46839:1-9 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano] |