F. Wesling GmbH Quarry tracksite (lower): Late/Upper Berriasian, Germany
collected 2004
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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8 individuals | |||||||||
| "juvenile allosaurids or some velociraptorids, which were walking on three digits" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Iguanodontidae
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Iguanodontidae indet.
Bonaparte 1850
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7 individuals | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Niedersachsen |
| Coordinates: | 52.4° North, 9.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.6° North, 17.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Berriasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Berriasian | Other zone: | Cypridea alta formosa |
| Age range of interval: | 140.60000 - 139.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bückeberg | Member: | Obernkirchen | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Wealden"; lower of two track-bearing levels | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | massive,wave ripples sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | coarse channel fill |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | salvage,selective quarrying,surface (in situ),observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 2004 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Munchehagen, Münchehagen | ||
| Database number: | 125404 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-03-09 08:47:08 | Last modified: | 2019-05-22 15:11:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-03-09 08:47:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 40716. | U. Richter, A. Richter, and J. Lehmann. 2007. Fährtensucher auf der Dinospur in den Rehburger Bergen [Track-seekers on the dinosaur trail in the Rehburg Mountains]. Fossilien 24:11-20 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 56191 | 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] | |
| 69023 | O. Wings, J. N. Lallensack, and H. Mallison. 2016. The Early Cretaceous dinosaur trackways in Münchehagen (Lower Saxony, Germany): 3-D photogrammetry as basis for geometric morphometric analysis of shape variation and evaluation of material loss during excavation. In P. L. Falkingham, D. Marty, & A. Richter (eds.), Dinosaur Tracks: The Next Steps 56-70 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |