Heye quarry tracksite, Bückeburg: Late/Upper Berriasian, Germany
collected by Dietrich 1926
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Eubrontidae
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Megalosauropus sp.
Kaever and Lapparent 1974
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Diedrich 2004 | 7 individuals | ||||||||
| synonym of Megalosauripus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Ornithopoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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6 individuals | |||||||||
| multiple trackways | ||||||||||
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= Iguanodon bernissartensis
Boulenger 1881
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Lehmann 1978 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Iguanodontipodidae
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Wealdenichnites iguanodontoides n. gen., n. sp.
Kuhn 1958
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Kuhn 1958 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Iguanodontipodidae | ||||||||||
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Iguanodontipus sp.
Sarjeant et al. 1998
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Diedrich 2004 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| 2 trackways on 1 slab | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Niedersachsen |
| Coordinates: | 52.3° North, 9.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.4° North, 17.1° 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: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: three track horizon | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lenticular,"cross stratification",white,yellow sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandy mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "thin- to medium-bedded, laterally irregular-continuous or lenticular, partly cross-stratified sandstone, intercalated with thin-bedded sandy mudstone" | |
| Environment: | fluvial-deltaic indet. |
| Geology comments: "the delta area of a large river" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,trace |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Dietrich | Collection dates: | 1926 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Schauenstein, Obernkirchen, Haye | ||
| Database number: | 118324 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-10-12 08:33:19 | Last modified: | 2022-09-27 14:28:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-10-12 08:33:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38110. | W. O. Dietrich. 1927. Über Fährten ornithopodider Saurier im Oberkirchener Sandstein [On tracks of ornithopod saurians in the Oberkirchener Sandstone]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 78:614-621 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 78041 | C. Diedrich. 2004. New important iguanodontid and theropod trackways of the tracksite Obernkirchen in the Berriasian of NW Germany and megatracksite concept of central Europe. Ichnos 11(3-4):215-228 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 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] | |
| 62983 | O. Kuhn. 1958. Die Fährten der vorzeitlichen Amphibien und Reptilien [The Tracks of Prehistoric Amphibians and Reptiles] 1-64 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 43049 | U. Lehmann. 1978. Eine Platte mit Fährten von Iguanodon aus dem Obernkirchener Sandstein (Wealden) [A slab with Iguanodon tracks from the Obernkirchen Sandstone (Wealden)]. Mitteilungen des Geologisch-Paläontologischen Instituts der Universität Hamburg 48:101-114 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |