Torleite Formation

Torleite Formation
Torleite Formation
Stratigraphic range: Kimmeridgian; ~155–150 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Outcrop of the Torelite Formation near Wattendorf which is the type locality of Balaenognathus maeuseri
Type	Formation
Unit of	Upper Weißjura Group
Underlies	Rögling & Painten Formations
Overlies	Treuchtlingen Formation
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Mudstone
Location
Coordinates	50°00′N 11°06′E / 50.0°N 11.1°E
Approximate paleocoordinates	41°12′N 19°12′E / 41.2°N 19.2°E
Region	Bavaria
Country	Germany
	Torleite Formation (Germany)

The Torleite Formation is a geologic formation and Lagerstätte in Germany. It preserves fossils dating to the Kimmeridgian stage of the Jurassic period. Animals recovered from the formation include the small theropod dinosaur Sciurumimus, the ctenochasmatid pterosaur Balaenognathus, and the extinct bony fish Anaethalion.

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

↑ Chellouche et al., in Reitner et al., 2013, p.29
1 2 Torleite Formation at Fossilworks.org
1 2 3 4 5 Rauhut et al., 2012
↑ Sachs et al., 2019
↑ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). doc.rero.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-05-05. Retrieved 2026-01-11. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
↑ 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.
↑ 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.

Sachs, S.; Young, M. T.; Abel, P.; Mallison, H. (2019), "A new species of the metriorhynchid crocodylomorph Cricosaurus from the Upper Jurassic of southern Germany", Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 64: 343–356, doi:10.4202/app.00541.2018, hdl:20.500.11820/3406c493-ccd5-47bf-9103-2a5acd3fc9b1, retrieved 2020-09-15
Reitner, Joachim; Qun, Yang; Yongdong, Wang; Reich, Mike (2013), Palaeobiology and Geobiology of Fossil Lagerstätten through Earth History (PDF), Universitätsverlag Göttingen, pp. 1–218, ISBN 978-3-86395-135-1, retrieved 2020-09-15
Rauhut, O. W. M.; Foth, C.; Tischlinger, H.; Norell, M. A. (2012), "Exceptionally preserved juvenile megalosauroid theropod dinosaur with filamentous integument from the Late Jurassic of Germany", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109 (29): 11746–11751, Bibcode:2012PNAS..10911746R, doi:10.1073/pnas.1203238109, PMC 3406838, PMID 22753486

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Torleite Formation
Stratigraphic range: Kimmeridgian ~155–150 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Outcrop of the Torelite Formation near Wattendorf which is the type locality of Balaenognathus maeuseri
Type	Formation
Unit of	Upper Weißjura Group
Underlies	Rögling & Painten Formations
Overlies	Treuchtlingen Formation
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Mudstone
Location
Coordinates	50°00′N 11°06′E / 50.0°N 11.1°E / 50.0; 11.1
Approximate paleocoordinates	41°12′N 19°12′E / 41.2°N 19.2°E / 41.2; 19.2
Region	Bavaria
Country	Germany
Torleite Formation (Germany)