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Rygol Quarry, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Lat/Long (Decimal)49.0078,11.8264
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationBayern, Germany
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Painten pterosaursTischlinger H., Frey E. (2013)PaintenUlmense Subzonelime mudstone155.7 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Painten, near KelheimFabre J. (1981)PaintenUlmense Subzonelime mudstone155.7 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Rygol Quarry, PaintenRauhut O. W. M., Foth C., et al (2012)Torleiteequivalent to upper part of Rögling Formation, Beckeri zone, Ulmense subzone, rebouletianum horizonlime mudstone155.7 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Cricosaurus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Metriorhynchidae : Cricosaurus155.7 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Dakosaurus maximus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Metriorhynchidae : Dakosaurus : Dakosaurus maximus155.7 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Neosuchia
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Neosuchia155.7 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Pterodactyloidea
suborder
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Pterodactyloidea155.7 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Leptosaurus pulchellus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Rhynchocephalia : Sphenodontidae : Leptosaurus : Homoeosaurus pulchellus155.7 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Eurysternum wagleri
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Eurysternidae : Eurysternum : Eurysternum wagleri155.7 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Sciurumimus albersdoerferi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Sciurumimus : Sciurumimus albersdoerferi155.7 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic

References

Wellnhofer P. (1971) Die Atoposauridae (Crocodylia, Mesosuchia) der Oberjura-Plattenkalke Bayerns, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 138 5-6, 133-165
Fabre J. (1981) Les rhynchocephales et les pterosauriens a crete parietale du Kimeridgien superieur-Berriasien d'Europe occidentale: le gisement de Canjuers (Var-France) et ses abords, 1-188
Andrade M. B., Young M. T., et al (2010) The evolution of extreme hypercarnivory in Metriorhynchidae (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) based on evidence from microscopic denticle morphology, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 5, 1451-1465
Rauhut O. W. M., Foth C., et al (2012) Exceptionally preserved juvenile megalosauroid theropod dinosaur with filamentous integument from the Late Jurassic of Germany, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 29, 11746-11751 doi:10.1073/pnas.1203238109
Young M. T., Brusatte S. L., et al (2012) The cranial osteology and feeding ecology of the metriorhynchid crocodylomorph genera Dakosaurus and Plesiosuchus from the Late Jurassic of Europe, PLoS ONE 7 9, e44985 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044985
Karl H.-V., Tichy G., et al (2012) Sontiochelys cretacea Stache, 1905 and new description of the families Eurysternidae Dollo, 1886 and Thalassemydidae Rutimeyer, 1873 (Testudines: Cryptodira), Studia Geologica Salmanticensia 48 1, 45-76
Tischlinger H., Frey E. (2013) A new pterosaur with mosaic characters of basal and pterodactyloid pterosauria from the Upper Kimmeridgian of Painten (Upper Palatinate, Germany), Archaeopteryx 31, 1-13
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