Sappenfeld Quarry, Eichstätt (Solnhofen) (Jurassic of Germany)

Also known as Soppenfeld

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Plattenkalk limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Primary reference: A. Nel, X. Martínez-Delclòs, J. C. Paicheler and M. Henrotay. 1993. Les "Anisozygoptera" fossiles Phylogenie et classification (Odonata). Martinia 3:1-311 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106543: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 25.03.2011, edited by Jonathan Tennant and Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Dicondylia - Tarsophlebiidae
Tarsophlebia eximia Hagen 1862 winged insect
Reptilia
 Testudinata -
Eurysternum wagleri1 Meyer 1839 turtle
JME SOS 02456 a+b, 02457
 Eosuchia - Pleurosauridae
Pleurosaurus goldfussi2 von Meyer 1831 lepidosaur
BSPHGM 1925 I 18, complete skeleton