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Torleite Formation
The Torleite Formation is a geologic formation and LagerstätteChellouche et al., in Reitner et al., 2013, p.29 in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Kimmeridgian stage of the Jurassic period.Torleite Formation at .org examples of animals that lived in the formation include the a small primitive megalosaurid theropod dinosaur known as '' Sciurumimus'' and the extinct bony fish '' Anaethalion''. Fossil content ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formation (stratigraphy)
A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics (lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exposed in a geographical region (the stratigraphic column). It is the fundamental unit of lithostratigraphy, the study of strata or rock layers. A formation must be large enough that it can be mapped at the surface or traced in the subsurface. Formations are otherwise not defined by the thickness of their rock strata, which can vary widely. They are usually, but not universally, tabular in form. They may consist of a single lithology (rock type), or of alternating beds of two or more lithologies, or even a heterogeneous mixture of lithologies, so long as this distinguishes them from adjacent bodies of rock. The concept of a geologic formation goes back to the beginnings of modern scientific geology. The term was used by Abraham Gottlob W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alligatorium
''Alligatorium'' is an extinct genus of atoposaurid crocodylomorph from Late Jurassic marine deposits in France. Systematics The type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen( ... is ''A. meyeri'', named in 1871 from a single specimen from Cerin, eastern France. Two more nominal species, ''A. franconicum'', named in 1906, and ''A paintenense'', named in 1961, are based on now-missing specimens from Bavaria, southern Germany, and were synonymized into a single species, for which ''A. franconicum'' has priority. A 2016 review of Atoposauridae removed ''A. franconicum'' from ''Alligatorium'' and placed at Neosuchia ''incertae sedis''. ''Alligatorium depereti'', described in 1915, was reassigned to its own genus, '' Montsecosuchus'', in 1988. References Late Jur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences
''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America'' (often abbreviated ''PNAS'' or ''PNAS USA'') is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journal. It is the official journal of the National Academy of Sciences, published since 1915, and publishes original research, scientific reviews, commentaries, and letters. According to ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 12.779. ''PNAS'' is the second most cited scientific journal, with more than 1.9 million cumulative citations from 2008 to 2018. In the mass media, ''PNAS'' has been described variously as "prestigious", "sedate", "renowned" and "high impact". ''PNAS'' is a delayed open access journal, with an embargo period of six months that can be bypassed for an author fee ( hybrid open access). Since September 2017, open access articles are published under a Creative Commons license. Since January 2019, ''PNAS'' has been online-only, although print issues are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
''Acta Palaeontologica Polonica'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed open access scientific journal of paleontology and paleobiology. It was established by Roman Kozłowski in 1956. It is published by the Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences and edited by Richard L. Cifelli and Jarosław Stolarski. Abstracting and indexing ''Acta Palaeontologica Polonica'' is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2010 impact factor The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as ... of 1.949, ranking it 11th out of 48 journals in the category "Paleontology". References External links * Institute of Paleobiology Paleontology journals Publications established in 1956 Polish Academy of Sciences academic journals Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Fossiliferous Stratigraphic Units In Germany
See also * Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Europe * Geology of Germany The geology of Germany is heavily influenced by several phases of orogeny in the Paleozoic and the Cenozoic, by sedimentation in shelf seas and epicontinental seas and on plains in the Permian and Mesozoic as well as by the Quaternary glaciations. ... References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany Germany Germany geology-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleuropholis
''Pleuropholis'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish. See also * List of prehistoric bony fish genera This list of prehistoric bony fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be bony fish (class Osteichthyes), excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes al ... References Prehistoric bony fish genera Fossil taxa described in 1858 {{Paleo-rayfinned-fish-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pholidophorus
''Pholidophorus'' (from el, φολῐ́ς , 'horny scale' and el, φέρω , 'to bear') is an extinct genus of stem-teleost fish. Numerous species were assigned to this genus in the past, but only the type species ''Pholidophorus latiusculus'', from the Late Triassic of Europe, is considered to be a valid member of the genus today. Taxonomy The genus ''Pholidophorus'' for a long time served as a wastebasket taxon containing various unrelated species of basal stem-teleosts. Over the years, many of these have been moved to separate genera. The Late Jurassic nominal species ''"Pholidophorus" purbeckensis'' was renamed ''Ichthyokentema'' by Arthur Woodward in 1941. Likewise, the Early Jurassic form ''"Pholidophorus" bechei'' was renamed ''Dorsetichthys'' and moved to its own family, Dorsetichthyidae, by Arratia (2013). The nominal species ''"Pholidophorus" friedeni'' Delsate, 1999 and ''"Pholidophorus" gervasuttii'' Zambelli, 1980 were renamed '' Luxembourgichthys'' and '' Lombardi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptolepis
''Leptolepis'' (from el, λεπτός , 'slight' and el, λεπίς 'scale') is an extinct genus of stem- teleost fish that lived in what is now Europe during the Jurassic period ( Toarcian– Callovian ages). Species The genus ''Leptolepis'' was for a long time used as a wastebasket taxon for various small, unspecialised teleosts that did not form a natural clade. In 1974 the Swedish ichthyologist Orvar Nybelin revised the genus, restricting it to seven species from the Early to Middle Jurassic of Europe. Other species were reassigned to different genera. * ''Leptolepis autissiodorensis'' * ''Leptolepis coryphaenoides'' * ''Leptolepis jaegeri'' * ''Leptolepis nathorsti'' * ''Leptolepis normandica'' * ''Leptolepis saltviciensis'' * ''Leptolepis woodwardi'' Species formerly placed in ''Leptolepis'' * ''Leptolepis talbragarensis'' (Now referred to '' Cavenderichthys'') * ''Leptolepis koonwarri'' (Now referred to '' Waldmanichthys'')Sferco, Emilia, Adriana López ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptolepides
''Leptolepides'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch. See also * List of prehistoric bony fish genera This list of prehistoric bony fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be bony fish (class Osteichthyes), excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all ... References External links * Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera Jurassic bony fish Jurassic fish of Asia Jurassic fish of Europe Solnhofen fauna {{Jurassic-fish-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphenofontis
''Sphenofontis'' is an extinct genus of sphenodontian reptile known from the Late Jurassic of Germany, with a single known species, ''S. velserae''. It is known from a single nearly complete and articulated sub-adult specimen (SNSB-BSPG 1993 XVIII 4), found in the late Kimmeridgian aged Torleite Formation in Brunn quarry in Bavaria, Southern Germany. It is thought to be a close relative of the living tuatara (''Sphenodon puncatus''), tentatively referred to Sphenodontinae. Etymology The genus name combines the prefix "Spheno-", with reference to the taxon being a sphenodontian, and the latin word "fontis"( spring, but also can mean "well"), roughly meaning “the sphenodontian of the well”. This acknowledges the origin of the name of the type locality Brunn, which comes from the German Brunnen (= well). The species name honours Lisa Velser, who discovered and prepared the holotype specimen. Description The holotype of ''Sphenofontis'' comprises a nearly complete and ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurysternum
''Eurysternum'' is an extinct genus of thalassochelydian turtle. Its type species is ''Eurysternum wagleri'', the holotype A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of seve ... of which has since been lost and only survives in illustrations. Formerly assigned species ''Eurysternum ignoratum'' Bram, 1965 is a junior synonym of '' Thalassemys hughii''. The Late Jurassic species ''Eurysternum neuquinum'' Fernandez and de la Fuente, 1988, described from marine deposits in Argentina, is now placed in its own genus '' Neusticemys''.M. S. Fernandez and M. S. de la Fuente. 1993. Las tortugas casiquélidias de las calizas litográficas titonianas del área Los Catutos Argentina. Ameghiniana 30(3):283-295. References Thalassochelydia Prehistoric turtle genera Kimmeridgian genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balaenognathus Maeuseri
''Balaenognathus'' (meaning "bowhead whale jaw") is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaurs from the Late Jurassic Torleite Formation of Bavaria, Germany. The genus contains a single species, ''B. maeuseri'', known from a nearly-complete, articulated skeleton. Discovery and naming The ''Balaenognathus'' holotype specimen, NKMB P2011-633, was discovered in sediments of the Torleite Formation, dated to the upper Kimmeridgian–Tithonian ages of the late Jurassic period, near Wattendorf, Bavaria, in southern Germany. The fossil was accidentally discovered in September 2011 while crocodylomorph bones were being collected. The specimen consists of a well-preserved, nearly-complete, Joint, articulated individual. Patagium#Pterosaurs, Wing membrane soft tissue is preserved in a small part of the specimen. The specimen is preserved on a Compression fossil, slab consisting of 17 pieces, lacking only part of the left wing-finger metacarpal, the articular area of a wing-finger Phala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
