PBDB Collection

Solnhofen (BMNH collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-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

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: S. H. Scudder. 1880. The Devonian insects of New Brunswick. Anniversary Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 1830-1880 1-41 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121197: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.11.2011, edited by Andrew Spencer-Lee, Jered Karr, Priscilla Vazquez and Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names

Reptilia
Loricata - Metriorhynchidae	Geosaurus giganteus⁷ Geosaurus giganteus⁷ Sömmerring 1816 marine crocodile BMNH 37016, tooth crown lacking apex, base, and root; BMNH 37020, skull and mandible embedded within lithographic limestone, only visible in left lateral view
Testudinata - Eurysternidae	Parachelys eichstaettensis n. sp.³ Parachelys eichstaettensis n. sp.³ von Meyer 1864 turtle NHMUK OR42888 (holotype), shell fragments, subcomplete right manus, right scapula, coracoid, and humerus (Meyer 1864, pl. 45.1–6)
Osteichthyes
Halecomorphi - Ophiopsiidae	Ophiopsis aequalis⁵, Ophiopsis procera⁵ Ophiopsis aequalis⁵ Wagner 1863 ray-finned fish BMNH P.7176 (purchased 1894) Ophiopsis procera⁵ Agassiz 1837 ray-finned fish BMNH 37029 (Häberlein Coll.); BMNH P.6939 (by exchange 1893)
Actinopteri
Lepisosteiformes -	Lepidotus palliatus⁵, Lepidotus subovatus⁵, Lepidotus unguiculatus⁵ Lepidotus palliatus⁵ Agassiz 1837 gar BMNH P.338 (purchased 1881) Lepidotus subovatus⁵ Münster 1842 gar BMNH 37999 (plaster cast of type specimen, purchased 1864) Lepidotus unguiculatus⁵ Agassiz 1833 gar BMNH 37022 (Häberlein coll.)
Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae	Macrosemius rostratus⁵ Macrosemius rostratus⁵ Agassiz 1834 BMNH 37051, 37094 (Häberlein Coll.); BMNH P.7177 (purchased 1894)
Semionotiformes - Callipurbeckiidae	"Lepidotus notopterus" = Callipurbeckia notopterus⁵ "Lepidotus notopterus" = Callipurbeckia notopterus⁵ Agassiz 1835 BMNH P.470 (type specimen described by Agassiz, Egerton coll.), 37036 (Häberlein coll.)
Chondrichthyes
Euselachii - Protospinacidae	Protospinax annectans n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Protospinax annectans n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Woodward 1919 elasmobranch
Orectolobiformes - Crossorhinidae	Crossorhinus jurassicus n. sp.⁶ Crossorhinus jurassicus n. sp.⁶ Woodward 1919 carpet shark
Squaliformes -	Squalogaleus woodwardi n. gen. n. sp.² Squalogaleus woodwardi n. gen. n. sp.² Maisey 1976 shark Protospinax annectens in Pl 1, fig 3 of Woodward
Pycnogonida
Pantopoda - Ascorhynchidae	? Eurycyde golem n. sp.⁴ ? Eurycyde golem n. sp.⁴ Sabroux et al. 2019 sea spider NHMUK-In-39751
Insecta
Ephemeroptera - Hexagenitidae	"Hexagenites weyenberghii n. gen. n. sp." = Hexagenites weyenberghi "Hexagenites weyenberghii n. gen. n. sp." = Hexagenites weyenberghi Scudder 1880 mayfly specimen first described in Eaton, 1871
Orthoptera - Gryllidae	Gryllidae "indet. 4"⁹, Gryllidae "indet. 3"⁹ Gryllidae "indet. 4"⁹ Laicharting 1781 true crickets NHM In 32264 Coll Häberlein Gryllidae "indet. 3"⁹ Laicharting 1781 true crickets NHM In 32263 Coll Häberlein
Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae	Pycnophlebia robusta⁹ Pycnophlebia robusta⁹ Zeuner 1939 hump-winged cricket NHM In. 37133 Coll Häberlein
Orthoptera - Haglidae	Cyrtophyllites rogeri⁹ Cyrtophyllites rogeri⁹ Oppenheim 1888 hump-winged cricket NHM In 31937 Coll Häberlein
Orthoptera -	"Gryllacris propinqua" = Pseudogryllacris propinqua⁹, Jurassobatea gryllacroides n. gen. n. sp.⁸ "Gryllacris propinqua" = Pseudogryllacris propinqua⁹ Deichmüller 1886 grasshopper NHM In. 37134 Coll Häberlein Jurassobatea gryllacroides n. gen. n. sp.⁸ Zeuner 1937 grasshopper NHM In 31990 Coll Häberlein
Orthoptera - Locustopsidae	"Conocephalus capito n. sp." = Conocephalella capito¹ "Conocephalus capito n. sp." = Conocephalella capito¹ Deichmüller 1886 grasshopper NHM In 36201

¹Deichmüller 1886; ²Maisey 1976; ³Meyer 1864; ⁴Sabroux et al. 2019; ⁵Woodward 1895; ⁶Woodward 1919; ⁷Young and Andrade 2009; ⁸Zeuner 1937; ⁹Zeuner 1939