Also known as ninth specimen Archaeopteryx
Where: Bayern, Germany (48.9° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 19.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Solnhofen Formation, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)
• from Malm zeta 2b
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, soft parts
Collection methods: salvage, quarrying,
• privately held specimen, cast displayed in Eichstätt
Primary reference: P. Wellnhofer and M. Röper. 2005. The ninth specimen of Archaeopteryx from Solnhofen. 4th International Symposium on Lithographic Limestone and Plattenkalk, Eichstätt. Zitteliana B26:28-29 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 119238: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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