Münchehagen tracksite: Late/Upper Berriasian, Germany
collected 1979–1981
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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? Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Hornung et al. 2012 | |||||||||
swimming track | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Iguanodontipodidae
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cf. Iguanodontipus sp.
Sarjeant et al. 1998
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Lockley et al. 2004 | 1 individual | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Rotundichnus muenchehagensis n. gen., n. sp.
Hendricks 1981
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8 individuals | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Germany | State/province: | Niedersachsen |
Coordinates: | 52.4° North, 9.2° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 43.6° North, 17.2° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Berriasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Berriasian | Other zone: | Cypridea alta formosa |
Age range of interval: | 140.60000 - 139.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Bückeberg | Member: | Obernkirchen | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "Wealden 3", "Hauptsandstein" |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial orientation: | life position |
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 | Collection dates: | 1979–1981 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Munchehagen, Dinosaurier-Park Münchehagen | ||
Database number: | 125405 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-03-09 08:48:40 | Last modified: | 2022-09-27 14:25:45 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-03-09 08:48:40 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
62948. | A. Hendricks. 1981. Die Saurierfährte von Münchehagen bei Rehburg-Loccum (NW-Deutschland) [The dinosaur tracks of Münchehagen in Rehburg-Loccum (NW Germany)]. Abhandlungen aus dem Landesmuseum für Naturkunde zu Münster in Westfalen 43(2):3-22 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
69025 | L. Alcalá, M. G. Lockley, A. Cobos, L. Mampel, and R. Royo-Torres. 2016. Evaluating the dinosaur track record: an integrative approach to understanding the regional and global distribution, scientific importance, preservation, and management of tracksites. In P. L. Falkingham, D. Marty, & A. Richter (eds.), Dinosaur Tracks: The Next Steps 100-116 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
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] | |
82180 | J. O. Farlow. 1992. Sauropod tracks and trackmakers: integrating the ichnological and skeletal records. Zubía 10:89-138 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
68163 | R. Fischer. 1998. Die Saurierfährten im Naturdenkmal Münchehagen [The dinosaur footprints in Münchehagen National Monument]. Mitteilungen aus dem Geologischen Institut der Universität Hannover 37:3-60 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
56191 | J. J. Hornung, A. Böhme, T. Lubbe, M. Reich, and A. Richter. 2012. Vertebrate tracksites in the Obernkirchen Sandstone (late Berriasian, Early Cretaceous) of northwest Germany—their stratigraphical, palaeogeographical, palaeoecological, and historical context. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 86(3):231-267 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
54567 | M. G. Lockley and J. L. Wright. 2001. Trackways of large quadrupedal ornithopods from the Cretaceous: a review. In D. H. Tanke & K. Carpenter (ed.), Mesozoic Vertebrate Life: New Research Inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie 428-442 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
78428 | M. G. Lockley, J. L. Wright, and D. Thies. 2004. Some observations on the dinosaur tracks at Münchehagen (Lower Cretaceous), Germany. Ichnos 11(3-4):261-274 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
76343 | C. A. Meyer, D. Marty, and M. Belvedere. 2018. Titanosaur trackways from the Late Cretaceous El Molino Formation of Bolivia (Cal Orck’o, Sucre). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 88:223-241 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
40716 | U. Richter, A. Richter, and J. Lehmann. 2007. Fährtensucher auf der Dinospur in den Rehburger Bergen [Track-seekers on the dinosaur trail in the Rehburg Mountains]. Fossilien 24:11-20 [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] | |
33897 | ETE | R. Windolf. 1998. Dinosaurierfunde in Niedersachsen [Dinosaur finds in Lower Saxony]. Arbeitskreis Paläontologie Hannover 26:1-7 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
82715 | R. Windolf. 2000. Lower Cretaceous dinosaurs from northern Germany: bones and footprints and the "Dinosaur-Open-Air-Museum Münchhagen". In S. Sachs & R. Windolf (ed.), First Symposium on European Dinosaurs. Programme and Abstracts 28-29 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
14525 | ETE | O. Wings, A. Broschinski, and N. Knotschke. 2005. New theropod and ornithopod dinosaur trackways from the Berriasian of Münchehagen (Lower Saxony, Germany). Current Research in Vertebrate Palaeontolgy. 3rd Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP). Kaupia 14:105 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |
69023 | O. Wings, J. N. Lallensack, and H. Mallison. 2016. The Early Cretaceous dinosaur trackways in Münchehagen (Lower Saxony, Germany): 3-D photogrammetry as basis for geometric morphometric analysis of shape variation and evaluation of material loss during excavation. In P. L. Falkingham, D. Marty, & A. Richter (eds.), Dinosaur Tracks: The Next Steps 56-70 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |