Gerhartsreiter Schichten

Gerhartsreiter Schichten
Stratigraphic range:
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesHachauer Schichten
OverliesPattenauer Schichten
Lithology
PrimaryMarl, Sand
Location
RegionBavaria
CountryGermany

The Gerhartsreiter Schichten is a Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian age) geologic formation with outcrops in Bavaria, Germany.

Fossils content

Dinosaur remains, including those of an indeterminate hadrosaur,[1] are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.[2]

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
 Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

Fish

Bony fish of the Gerhartsreiter Schichten
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Image
Alaconger[3] A. beauryi Bavaria, Germany A congrid eel
Ampheristus[3] A. brevicauda Bavaria, Germany An cusk-eel
A. traunensis
Archaulopus[3] A. acutus Bavaria, Germany An greeneye
Argentina[3] A. voigti Bavaria, Germany An herring smelt
Argyroberyx[3] A. dentatus Bavaria, Germany An spinyfin
Auriculithus[3] A. pattersoni Bavaria, Alemania An marine hatchetfish
Bavariconger[3] B. pollerspoecki Bavaria, Germany A conglid eel
Bavariscopelus[3] B. bispinosus Bavaria, Germany An lanternfish
Beauryia[3] B. medialis Bavaria, Germany An spinyfin
Cowetaichthys[4] B. beaury Bavaria, Germany An beardfish
Diretmus D. primus Bavaria, Germany An silver spinyfin
Holocentronotus[3] H. percomorphus Bavaria, Germany A holocentrid fish
Isozen[3] I. beateae Bavaria, Germany A parazenid zeiform
Kokenichthys[3] K. ensis Bavaria, Germany A osteoglossiform fish
Palaeostomias[3] P. praematurus Bavaria, Germany An barbeled dragonfish
Pfeilichthys[3] P. pfeili Bavaria, Germany A holocentrid fish
Plesiopoma[3] P. otiosa Bavaria, Germany An bioluminescent lanternbelly
Pollerspoeckia[3] P. siegsdorfensis Bavaria, Germany A pterothrissine albulid; closely related to the japanese gissu.
Protobathylagus[3] P. effusus Bavaria, Germany An deep-sea smelt
Protobythites[3] P. brzobohatyi Bavaria, Germany An cusk-eel
Pteralbula[3] P. foreyi Bavaria, Germany A pterothrissine albulid
Rhynchoconger[3] R. piger Bavaria, Germany A congrid eel
Traubiella[3] T. anagoformis Bavaria, Germany A holocentid fish
Traunichthys[3] T. pfeili Bavaria, Germany A holocentrid fish

Echinoderms

Echinoderms of the Gerhartsreiter Schichten
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Image
Manfredura[5] M. curvata Bavaria, Germany A ophiacanthid brittle star

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Wellnhofer P. (1994) - Ein Dinosaurier (Hadrosauridae) aus der Oberkreide (Maastricht, Helvetikum-Zone) des bayerischen Alpenvorlandes. Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historisches Geologie, 34:221-238.
  2. ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Werner Schwarzhans (2010). "Otolithen aus den Gerhartsreiter Schichten (Oberkreide: Maastricht) des Gerhartsreiter Grabens (Oberbayern)". Palaeo Ichthyologica. 4: 1–100. Archived from the original on 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
  4. ↑ Werner W. Schwarzhans; Richard W. Huddleston; Gary T. Takeuchi (2018). "A late Santonian fish-fauna from the Eutaw Formation of Alabama reconstructed from otoliths". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 124 (1): 45–72. doi:10.13130/2039-4942/9624.
  5. ↑ Ben Thuy (2013). "Temporary expansion to shelf depths rather than an onshore-offshore trend: the shallow-water rise and demise of the modern deep-sea brittle star family Ophiacanthidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea)". European Journal of Taxonomy (48): 1–242. doi:10.5852/ejt.2013.48.

References

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.


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