Öchselberg quarry near Breitenhill (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Bavaria, Germany (48.9° N, 11.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 32.1° N, 24.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• might be from Malm zeta 2a

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

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Bürgermeister Müller Museum

Primary reference: G. Bechly. 2000. Two new fossil dragonfly species (Insecta: Odonata: Pananisoptera: Aeschnidiidae and Atassiidae) from the Solnhofen lithographic limestones (Upper Jurassic, Germany). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 288:1-9 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/A. Spencer-Lee]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117533: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 23.09.2011, edited by Rosa Valdez

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Odonata - Aktassiidae
Aeschnogomphus sp. Handlirsch 1906 true dragonfly
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Penaeidae
Bylgia ruedeli n. sp. Schweigert and Garassino 2004 decapod