Süntel Formation

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Description

The formation is part of the Lower Saxony Basin that borders the Süntel massif of the Lower Saxon Hills, part of the larger Harz Mountains. The formation is described as alternations of glauconitic marl, limestone and sandstone.^[1]

Paleontological significance

The formation is known for its fossils, with the Langenberg Quarry having provided fossils of numerous vertebrates.

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs of the Süntel Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Europasaurus	E. holgeri	Langenberg Quarry	Bed 83	Disarticulated remains representing numerous individuals	Sauropod dinosaur
Allosauroidea^[2]	Indeterminate			DfMMh/FV1/19, small pedal ungual, cf. DfMMh/FV/343, small pedal phalanx
cf. Ceratosauria^[2]				DfMMh/FV/776, anterior chevron
cf. Megalosauroidea^[2]				DfMMh/FV/287, left fibula
cf. Tetanurae^[2]				DfMMh/FV/105, distal caudal vertebra
Theropoda^[2]				DfMMh/FV2/19, a small pedal phalanx III-1, DfMMh/FV3/19, proximal part of a small right fibula
Theropoda		Hannover: Lindener Berg, Tönniesberg, and Ahlem, Thüste, Marienhagen, Holzen, Kahlberg and Langenberg Quarry		18 distinct morphotypes of teeth, referred to "Tyrannosauroidea, as well as Allosauroidea, Megalosauroidea cf. Marshosaurus, Megalosauridae cf. Torvosaurus and probably Ceratosauria"^[3]

Turtles

Turtles of the Süntel Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Plesiochelys^[2]	Indeterminate	Langenberg Quarry
cf. Thalassemys	Indeterminate			DFMMh/FV 296, "skull part (articulated quadrate, squamosal, basisphenoid, and pterygoid), a disarticulated 40 cm long partial carapace, plastron, and one cervical vertebra."^[4]
Eucryptodira	Indeterminate		Bed 73	Juvenile carapace with disarticulated skull and right forelimb^[5]

Squamates

Squamates of the Süntel Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Paramacellodidae	Indeterminate	Langenberg Quarry		Partial skeleton^[6]

Pterosaurs

Pterosaurs of the Süntel Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
?Dsungaripteridae	Indeterminate	Langenberg Quarry		DFMMh/FV 500, an articulated partial skeleton consisting of "10 thoracic vertebrae, complete pelvis and sacrum, left and right femur" with an associated possible partial right tibia.^[7]

Crocodyliformes

Crocodyliformes of the Süntel Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Knoetschkesuchus^[8]	K. langenbergensis	Langenberg Quarry	Bed 83	two partial skeletons and various isolated bones	Atoposaurid
Machimosaurus^[9]	M. hugii
Steneosaurus	S. brevirostris^[10]			Rostrum, jaw and postcranial remains
Goniopholis^[9]	G. simus

Mammaliaforms

Mammaliaforms of the Süntel Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Cimbriodon ^[11]	C. multituberculatus	Langenberg Quarry	Bed 83	upper and lower p3,p4 and p5 molars	Paulchoffatiidae
Teutonodon^[12]	T. langenbergensis			NLMH 105650, upper right M1	Pinheirodontid^[11]
Storchodon^[13]	S. cingulatus			MH 105654, a right upper molar	A large morganucodont
Hercynodon^[14]	H. germanicus			NLMH 105668, left upper molar, NLMH 105669-70 right upper molars, NLMH 105671 left lower molar	Member of Dryolestidae
Paulchoffatiidae^[11]	Indeterminate			NLMH 105655, left p4, NLMH 105651; m1	NLMH 105651 considered an Eobataarid by Martin et al 2016, considered a Paulchoffatiid by Martin et al 2019
Docodonta^[13]	Indeterminate
Dryolestida^[13]	Indeterminate

Ichnofossils

Ichnofossils of the Süntel Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Megalosauripus^[15]	M. teutonicus	Bruns quarry tracksite	Sand-Tonkomplex Member
Elephantopoides^[15]	E. sp.	Bruns quarry tracksite
Elephantopoides^[15]	E. sp.	Strömer quarry tracksite
Grallator (Eubrontes)^[15]	Grallator (Eubrontes) sp.
Iguanodontipus^[15]	?Iguanodontipus sp.

References

^ Bai et al., 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Evers SW, Wings O (2020-02-06). "Late Jurassic theropod dinosaur bones from the Langenberg Quarry (Lower Saxony, Germany) provide evidence for several theropod lineages in the central European archipelago". PeerJ. 8: e8437. doi:10.7717/peerj.8437. PMC 7007975. PMID 32071804.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
^ Gerke, Oliver; Wings, Oliver (2016-07-06). Lötters, Stefan (ed.). "Multivariate and Cladistic Analyses of Isolated Teeth Reveal Sympatry of Theropod Dinosaurs in the Late Jurassic of Northern Germany". PLOS ONE. 11 (7): e0158334. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1158334G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158334. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4934775. PMID 27383054.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
^ Marinheiro J, Mateus O (2011). Occurrence of the marine turtle Thalassemys in the Kimmeridgian of Oker, Germany. 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. p. 151.
^ Jansen M, Klein N (July 2014). Angielczyk K (ed.). "A juvenile turtle (Testudines, Eucryptodira) from the Upper Jurassic of Langenberg Quarry, Oker, Northern Germany". Palaeontology. 57 (4): 743–756. doi:10.1111/pala.12085.
^ Richter A, Knötschke N, Kosma R, Sobral G, Wings O (October 2013). "The first Mesozoic lizard from northern Germany (Paramacellodidae, Late Jurassic, Langenberg Quarry) and its taphonomy". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Program and Abstracts): 198.
^ Fastnacht M (2005). "The first dsungaripterid pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian of Germany and the biomechanics of pterosaur long bones". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 50: 273–288.
^ Schwarz D, Raddatz M, Wings O (2017-02-15). Claessens L (ed.). "Knoetschkesuchus langenbergensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a new atoposaurid crocodyliform from the Upper Jurassic Langenberg Quarry (Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany), and its relationships to Theriosuchus". PLOS ONE. 12 (2): e0160617. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1260617S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0160617. PMC 5310792. PMID 28199316.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
^ ^a ^b Karl HV, Gröning E, Brauckmann C, Schwarz D, Knötschke N (2006). "The Late Jurassic crocodiles of the Langenberg near Oker, Lower Saxony (Germany), and description of related materials (with remarks on the history of quarrying the "Langenberg Limestone" and "Obernkirchen Sandstone")". Clausthaler Geowissenschaften. 5: 59–77.
^ Karl HV, Gröning E, Brauckmann C, Knötschke N (2008). "First remains of the head of Steneosaurus (crocodylomorpha: teleosauridae) from the Late Jurassic of Oker (Lower Saxony, Germany)". Studia Geologica Salmanticensia. 44 (2): 187–201.
^ ^a ^b ^c Martin T, Averianov AO, Schultz JA, Schwermann AH, Wings O (2019-08-07). "Late Jurassic multituberculate mammals from Langenberg Quarry (Lower Saxony, Germany) and palaeobiogeography of European Jurassic multituberculates". Historical Biology. 33 (5): 616–629. doi:10.1080/08912963.2019.1650274. S2CID 201201555.
^ Martin TH, Schultz JA, Schwermann AH, Wings OL (2016). "First Jurassic mammals of Germany: Multituberculate teeth from Langenberg Quarry (Lower Saxony)". Palaeontologia Polonica. 67: 171–9. doi:10.4202/pp.2016.67_171 (inactive 2021-05-09).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of May 2021 (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c Martin T, Averianov AO, Jäger KR, Schwermann AH, Wings O (2019-12-01). "A Large Morganucodontan Mammaliaform from the Late Jurassic of Germany". Fossil Imprint. 75 (3–4): 504–509. doi:10.2478/if-2019-0030. ISSN 2533-4069. S2CID 210921885.
^ Martin, Thomas; Averianov, Alexander O.; Schultz, Julia A.; Schwermann, Achim H.; Wings, Oliver (2021-05-16). "A derived dryolestid mammal indicates possible insular endemism in the Late Jurassic of Germany". The Science of Nature. 108 (3): 23. doi:10.1007/s00114-021-01719-z. ISSN 1432-1904. PMID 33993371.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Diedrich, 2011

Bibliography

Bai, Hua-Qing; Christian Betzler; Jochen Erbacher; Jesús Reolid, and Fanfan Zuo. 2017. Sequence stratigraphy of Upper Jurassic deposits in the North German Basin (Lower Saxony, Süntel Mountains). Facies 63. .. Accessed 2020-09-07.
Lallensack, Jens N.; P. Martin Sander; Nils Knötschke, and Oliver Wings. 2015. Dinosaur tracks from the Langenberg Quarry (Late Jurassic, Germany) reconstructed with historical photogrammetry: Evidence for large theropods soon after insular dwarfism. Palaeontologia Electronica 18. 1–34. Accessed 2020-09-07.
Diedrich, C. 2011. Upper Jurassic tidal flat megatracksites of Germany - coastal dinosaur migration highways between European islands, and a review of the dinosaur footprints. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 91. 129–155. .

[Bai2017-1] Bai et al., 2017

[:2-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Evers SW, Wings O (2020-02-06). "Late Jurassic theropod dinosaur bones from the Langenberg Quarry (Lower Saxony, Germany) provide evidence for several theropod lineages in the central European archipelago". PeerJ. 8: e8437. doi:10.7717/peerj.8437. PMC 7007975. PMID 32071804.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

[3] Gerke, Oliver; Wings, Oliver (2016-07-06). Lötters, Stefan (ed.). "Multivariate and Cladistic Analyses of Isolated Teeth Reveal Sympatry of Theropod Dinosaurs in the Late Jurassic of Northern Germany". PLOS ONE. 11 (7): e0158334. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1158334G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158334. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4934775. PMID 27383054.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

[4] Marinheiro J, Mateus O (2011). Occurrence of the marine turtle Thalassemys in the Kimmeridgian of Oker, Germany. 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. p. 151.

[5] Jansen M, Klein N (July 2014). Angielczyk K (ed.). "A juvenile turtle (Testudines, Eucryptodira) from the Upper Jurassic of Langenberg Quarry, Oker, Northern Germany". Palaeontology. 57 (4): 743–756. doi:10.1111/pala.12085.

[6] Richter A, Knötschke N, Kosma R, Sobral G, Wings O (October 2013). "The first Mesozoic lizard from northern Germany (Paramacellodidae, Late Jurassic, Langenberg Quarry) and its taphonomy". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Program and Abstracts): 198.

[7] Fastnacht M (2005). "The first dsungaripterid pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian of Germany and the biomechanics of pterosaur long bones". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 50: 273–288.

[8] Schwarz D, Raddatz M, Wings O (2017-02-15). Claessens L (ed.). "Knoetschkesuchus langenbergensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a new atoposaurid crocodyliform from the Upper Jurassic Langenberg Quarry (Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany), and its relationships to Theriosuchus". PLOS ONE. 12 (2): e0160617. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1260617S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0160617. PMC 5310792. PMID 28199316.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

[:3-9] Karl HV, Gröning E, Brauckmann C, Schwarz D, Knötschke N (2006). "The Late Jurassic crocodiles of the Langenberg near Oker, Lower Saxony (Germany), and description of related materials (with remarks on the history of quarrying the "Langenberg Limestone" and "Obernkirchen Sandstone")". Clausthaler Geowissenschaften. 5: 59–77.

[10] Karl HV, Gröning E, Brauckmann C, Knötschke N (2008). "First remains of the head of Steneosaurus (crocodylomorpha: teleosauridae) from the Late Jurassic of Oker (Lower Saxony, Germany)". Studia Geologica Salmanticensia. 44 (2): 187–201.

[:0-11] Martin T, Averianov AO, Schultz JA, Schwermann AH, Wings O (2019-08-07). "Late Jurassic multituberculate mammals from Langenberg Quarry (Lower Saxony, Germany) and palaeobiogeography of European Jurassic multituberculates". Historical Biology. 33 (5): 616–629. doi:10.1080/08912963.2019.1650274. S2CID 201201555.

[Thomas_Martin_2016-12] Martin TH, Schultz JA, Schwermann AH, Wings OL (2016). "First Jurassic mammals of Germany: Multituberculate teeth from Langenberg Quarry (Lower Saxony)". Palaeontologia Polonica. 67: 171–9. doi:10.4202/pp.2016.67_171 (inactive 2021-05-09).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of May 2021 (link)

[:1-13] Martin T, Averianov AO, Jäger KR, Schwermann AH, Wings O (2019-12-01). "A Large Morganucodontan Mammaliaform from the Late Jurassic of Germany". Fossil Imprint. 75 (3–4): 504–509. doi:10.2478/if-2019-0030. ISSN 2533-4069. S2CID 210921885.

[14] Martin, Thomas; Averianov, Alexander O.; Schultz, Julia A.; Schwermann, Achim H.; Wings, Oliver (2021-05-16). "A derived dryolestid mammal indicates possible insular endemism in the Late Jurassic of Germany". The Science of Nature. 108 (3): 23. doi:10.1007/s00114-021-01719-z. ISSN 1432-1904. PMID 33993371.

[Diedrich2011-15] Diedrich, 2011

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