Painten Formation
The Painten Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic period.
Description
It is roughly contemporary with the Altmühltal Formation, as they both underlay the Mörnsheim Formation. The 12th specimen, or "Schamhaupten specimen", of Archaeopteryx was uncovered in the lower portion of the Painten Formation. Other dinosaurs found here include Juravenator, Ostromia and possibly Compsognathus.Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:Reptiles
Schoenesmahl dyspepsiaDakosaurus maximusEurysternum wagleriJuravenator starkiLeptosaurus pulchellusSolnhofia parsonsiArchaeopteryx sp.Compsognathus longipesPropterodactylusRhamphorhynchus sp.Fish
;ChondrichthyesParacestracion viohli;OsteichthyesAnaethalion zapporumAscalabothrissops voelkliScheenstia zappiUndina penicillataVoelklichthys comitatusAllothrissops sp.Gyrodus sp.Leptolepis sp.
- ''?Elopsomolos sp.''
Invertebrates
;EchinoidsPygaster sp.;CrinoidsSaccocoma tenellaMillericrinus sp.
;CoralsMuensteria vermicularis