Schernfeld, Solnhofen (BSPG collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Bayern, Germany (48.9° N, 11.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 19.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Hybonoticeras hybonotum ammonoid zone, Solnhofen Formation, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, brown lime mudstone

• Plattenkalk or Lithographic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the BSP

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: G. Bechly, A. Nel, X. Martínez-Declòs, E. A. Jarzembowski, R. Coram, D. Martill, G. Fleck, F. Escuillié, M. M. Wisshak and M. Maisch. 2001. A revision and phylogenetic study of Mesozoic Aeshnoptera, with description of numerous new taxa (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). Neue Paläontologische Abhandlungen 4:1-219 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105541: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.02.2011, edited by Jered Karr, Roger Benson and Rosa Valdez

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata - Atoposauridae
Atoposaurus oberndorferi4 Meyer 1850 crocodilian
BSP 1901 I 12
 Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Dakosaurus maximus5 Plieninger 1846 marine crocodile
JME-SOS4577, JME-SOS2535
Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Orhomalus deformis1 Oppel 1862 hermit crab
 Decapoda - Stenochiridae
Pseudastacus pustulosus1 Munster 1839 decapod
Stenochirus mayeri1 Oppel 1862 decapod
Stenochirus angustus1 Munster 1839 decapod
 Decapoda - Axiidae
Magila desmarestii1 Munster 1839 decapod
Etallonia longimana1 Munster 1839 decapod
 Decapoda - Mecochiridae
Mecochirus longimanatus1 Schlotheim 1822 decapod
Mecochirus dubius1 Munster 1839 decapod
 Decapoda - Glypheidae
Glyphea pseudoscyllarus1 Schlotheim 1822 decapod
 Decapoda - Erymidae
Palaeastacus fuciformis1 Schlotheim 1822 decapod
 Decapoda - Palinuridae
Palinurina longipes1 Munster 1839 spiny lobster
 Decapoda - Cancrinidae
Cancrinos claviger1 Munster 1839 decapod
 Decapoda - Palaeopentachelidae
Palaeopentacheles roettenbacheri1 Munster 1839 decapod
 Decapoda - Eryonidae
Cycleryon orbiculatus1 Munster 1839 decapod
Cycleryon elongatus1 Munster 1839 decapod
Cycleryon propinquus1 Schlotheim 1822 decapod
Eryon arctiformis1 Schlotheim 1820 decapod
Knebelia bilobata1 Munster 1839 decapod
Insecta
 Odonata - Isophlebiidae
Isophlebia aspasia3 Hagen 1862 dragonfly
BSP 1956 116 K; MM no provisoire 13X15
 Odonata - Protolindeniidae
Protolindenia wittei2 Giebel 1860 true dragonfly
1964 XXIII BSPGM
 Odonata - Mesuropetalidae
Aeschnopsis tischlingeri n. sp. Bechly et al. 2001 true dragonfly
BSP 1964 XX II
 Odonata - Cymatophlebiidae
Cymatophlebia pumilio Bechly et al. 2001 true dragonfly
BSP 1982 139