Torleite Formation Explained

Torleite Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Kimmeridgian ~
Period:	Kimmeridgian
Prilithology:	Limestone
Otherlithology:	Mudstone
Region:	Bavaria
Coordinates:	50°N 11.1°W
Paleocoordinates:	41.2°N 19.2°W
Unitof:	Upper Weißjura Group
Underlies:	Rögling & Painten Formations
Overlies:	Treuchtlingen Formation

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.

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

Crocodylomorphs

• Alligatorium franconicum (=Neosuchia indet.)
• Cricosaurus bambergensis^[3]
• Dakosaurus maximus^[4]
• Cricosaurus sp.^[4]

Dinosaurs

• Sciurumimus albersdoerferi^[4]

Pterosaurs

• Balaenognathus maeuseri^[5]

Turtles

• Eurysternum wagleri^[4]

Rhynchocephalians

• Sphenofontis velserae^[6]

Fish

• Anaethalion sp.
• Leptolepides sp.
• Leptolepis sp.
• Pholidophorus sp.
• Pleuropholis sp.

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany

References

Bibliography

Notes and References

1. Chellouche et al., in Reitner et al., 2013, p.29
2. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Torleite&group_formation_member=Torleite Torleite Formation
3. Sachs et al., 2019
4. Rauhut et al., 2012
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 . 10.1007/s12542-022-00644-4. free . 2023PalZ...97..383M .
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. en. 9. e11363. 10.7717/peerj.11363. 2167-8359. free. 33987027 . 8101455.