Obernkirchener Sandsteinbrüche GmbH quarry tracksite (lower) (Cretaceous of Germany)

Also known as Chicken Yard

Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (52.3° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 17.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cypridea alta formosa other zone, Obernkirchen Member (Bückeberg Formation), Late/Upper Berriasian (145.0 - 140.2 Ma)

• middle to upper part of Obernkirchen Sandstone; 5-6 track-bearing horizons

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; massive, bioturbated, paleosol/pedogenic, silty sandstone and mudstone

• lower lithofacies: "massive, locally channelised, thick bedded sandstone with irregular bedding surfaces, abundant rooted paleosol horizons, and few cm-thick mudstone intervals."

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by A. Richter, A. Böhme in 2007

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. J. Hornung, A. Böhme, T. Lubbe, M. Reich, and A. Richter. 2012. Vertebrate tracksites in the Obernkirchen Sandstone (late Berriasian, Early Cretaceous) of northwest Germany—their stratigraphical, palaeogeographical, palaeoecological, and historical context. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 86(3):231-267 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 53226: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 07.09.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet.3 Owen 1842 dinosaur
indeterminate tridactyl tracks
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
Deinonychosauria indet.2 Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
 Ornithischia -
Ornithopoda indet. Marsh 1881 ornithopod
smaller
 Ornithischia - Iguanodontipodidae
Iguanodontipus sp.1 Sarjeant et al. 1998 ornithopod
morphotype M