Solnhofen (MCZ coll) (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Bavaria, 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, gray lime mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the MCZ

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

• "About half of the Harvard collection was secured from Krantz as far back as 1860, and was studied by Hagen; but many of the specimens have not been properly described. The other half of the collection was purchased from Haberlein about 1883…" Carpenter, 1932

Primary reference: H. A. Hagen. 1862. Ueber die Neuropteren aus dem lithographischen Schiefer in Bayern. Palaeontographica 10:96-145 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122586: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.01.2012, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pterosauria -
Germanodactylus rhamphastinus3 Wagner 1851 pterosaur
MCZ 1886
Insecta
 Ephemerida - Mesephemeridae
"Ephemera procera n. sp." = Mesephemera procera
"Ephemera procera n. sp." = Mesephemera procera Hagen 1862 mayfly
MCZ 6208
 Ephemeroptera - Hexagenitidae
"Ephemera cellulosa n. sp." = Hexagenites cellulosus, "Ephemera mortua n. sp." = Hexagenites cellulosus
"Ephemera cellulosa n. sp." = Hexagenites cellulosus Hagen 1862 mayfly
MCZ 6281ab
"Ephemera mortua n. sp." = Hexagenites cellulosus Hagen 1862 mayfly
MZ 6283
 Odonata - Stenophlebiidae
Stenophlebia amphitrite5, "Stenophlebia latreillei" = Stenophlebia latreillei5, "Stenophlebia aequalis" = Stenophlebia latreillei9, "Heterophlebia phryne n. sp." = Stenophlebia phryne
Stenophlebia amphitrite5 Hagen 1862 dragonfly
"Stenophlebia latreillei" = Stenophlebia latreillei5 Germar 1839 dragonfly
MCZ 6205, 6210, 6211, 6213, 6214, 6215
"Stenophlebia aequalis" = Stenophlebia latreillei9 Germar 1839 dragonfly
Krantz 86
"Heterophlebia phryne n. sp." = Stenophlebia phryne Hagen 1862 dragonfly
MCZ 6212 (possibly includes Krantz 21, 34, 51, 87)
 Odonata - Prostenophlebiidae
Prostenophlebia jurassica7 Nel and Martínez-Delclòs 1993 dragonfly
MCZ MC7 (Carpenter coll.)
 Odonata - Aeschnidiidae
Urogomphus giganteus5 Germar 1839 small darner
MCZ 6192
 Odonata - Juracorduliidae
Juracordulia schiemenzi n. gen. n. sp.1
Juracordulia schiemenzi n. gen. n. sp.1 Bechly 1998 true dragonfly
MCZ 5911
 Odonata - Nannogomphidae
Nannogomphus bavaricus5 Handlirsch 1906 true dragonfly
 Odonata - Eumorbaeschnidae
Eumorbaeschna jurassica5 Carpenter 1932 true dragonfly
MCZ 6193(6275); 6231, and unnumbered (in Bechly et al., 2001)
Eumorbaeschna jurassica2 Carpenter 1932 true dragonfly
 Odonata - Cymatophlebiidae
Cymatophlebia kuempeli2 Bechly et al. 2001 true dragonfly
Possibly lost unnumbered specimen
Cymatophlebia pumilio n. sp.2 Bechly et al. 2001 true dragonfly
MCZ 6234(5), unnumbered specimen (labelled coll. Haberlein)
Cymatophlebia longialata5 Germar 1839 true dragonfly
MCZ 5898, 6248, 6249, 6250(1), 6252, 6254(5), 6256(7), 6258, 6 unnumbered
 Odonata - Mesuropetalidae
"Mesuropetala muensteri" = Mesuropetala muensteri2, "Protolindenia koehleri" = Mesuropetala muensteri5, Aeschnopsis perkinsi n. sp.2
"Mesuropetala muensteri" = Mesuropetala muensteri2 Germar 1839 true dragonfly
MCZ 6204, 6296, 6194, two unlabelled
"Protolindenia koehleri" = Mesuropetala muensteri5 Germar 1839 true dragonfly
MCZ 6194, 1998; 6203 in Nel et al., 1998
Aeschnopsis perkinsi n. sp.2 Bechly et al. 2001 true dragonfly
MCZ 6180/6181, 6197, 6198
 Odonata - Aktassiidae
"Anax buchi" = Aeschnogomphus buchi9 Hagen 1848 true dragonfly
MCZ 6177 (Krantz 22 in Hagen, 1866)
Aeschnogomphus intermedius5 Munster 1839 true dragonfly
MCZ 1997
 Odonata - Protolindeniidae
Protolindenia wittei5 Giebel 1860 true dragonfly
MCZ 6182, 6184, 6185, 6195, 6196, 6232(3), 6262, 6266, 6267, 6273(4), and four others
 Odonata - Isophlebiidae
Isophlebia aspasia n. sp.9 Hagen 1862 dragonfly
MCZ 6186-6189 (likely includes Krantz 6, 7, 85
 Odonata - Sphenophlebiidae
Euphaeopsis multinervis8 Hagen 1862 dragonfly
Unnumbered (labelled "Agrionin, coll. Haberlein")
 Dicondylia - Tarsophlebiidae
Tarsophlebia eximia9 Hagen 1862 winged insect
MCZ 6216-6227 (likely includes Krantz 10, 11, 23/25, 46/37, 47, 52, 56/57, 66, 80, 81
Tarsophlebia minor n. sp.6 Fleck et al. 2004 winged insect
MCZ 55 (collected by Dr. Krantz)
 Dicondylia - Protomyrmeleontidae
Malmagrion eichstattensis5 Hagen 1862 winged insect
 Hemiptera - Palaeontinidae
Eocicada microcephala5, "Archepsyche eichstattensis" = Archipsyche eichstattensis5, "Limacodites mesozoicus" = Archipsyche eichstattensis5
Eocicada microcephala5 Oppenheim 1888 true bug
"Archepsyche eichstattensis" = Archipsyche eichstattensis5 Handlirsch 1906 true bug
"Limacodites mesozoicus" = Archipsyche eichstattensis5 Handlirsch 1906 true bug
 Hemiptera - Notonectidae
Notonectites elterleini5 Deichmüller 1886 true bug
MCZ 6151
 Hemiptera - Belostomatidae
"Mesobelostomum deperditum" = Scarabaeides deperditus5 Germar 1839 giant water bug
Mesonepa minor5 Handlirsch 1906 giant water bug
Mesonepa primordialis5 Germar 1839 giant water bug
 Hemiptera - Naucoridae
"Sphaerodermopsis jurassica" = Sphaerodemopsis jurassica5
"Sphaerodermopsis jurassica" = Sphaerodemopsis jurassica5 Oppenheim 1888 creeping water bug
 Dicondylia - Chresmodidae
Chresmoda obscura5 Germar 1839 winged insect
MCZ 6105
 Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Elcana lithophila5, "Elcana phyllophora" = Panorpidium phyllophora5
Elcana lithophila5 Germar 1842 grasshopper
"Elcana phyllophora" = Panorpidium phyllophora5 Handlirsch 1906 grasshopper
 Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae
Pycnophlebia minor5 Handlirsch 1906 hump-winged cricket
MCZ 5128, 5129
Pycnophlebia speciosa5 Germar 1839 hump-winged cricket
MCZ 6099
 Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
"Conocephalites capito" = Conocephalella capito5
"Conocephalites capito" = Conocephalella capito5 Deichmüller 1886 grasshopper
 Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae
Lithoblatta lithophila5 Germar 1839 cockroach
 Hymenoptera - Pseudosiricidae
"Pseudosirex schroeteri" = Myrmicium schroeteri5
"Pseudosirex schroeteri" = Myrmicium schroeteri5 Germar 1839 winged insect
 Neuroptera - Nymphidae
Mesonymphes hageni n. gen. n. sp.4
Mesonymphes hageni n. gen. n. sp.4 Carpenter 1929 split-footed lacewing
MCZ 1999; Nymphes fossilis of Hagen 1862
 Neuroptera -
"Osmylites protogaeus" = Osmylites excelsa5
"Osmylites protogaeus" = Osmylites excelsa5 Oppenheim 1888 lacewing
 Neuroptera - Mesochrysopidae
"Termes heros n. sp." = Mesotermes heros
"Termes heros n. sp." = Mesotermes heros Hagen 1862 lacewing
MCZ 1996
 Neuroptera -
Archegetes neuropterorum5 Handlirsch 1906 lacewing
 Coleoptera -
Procalosoma major5 Handlirsch 1906 beetle
 Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae
Pseudohydrophilus avitus5, "Ditomorptera dubia" = Ditomoptera dubia5, "Ditomorptera minor" = Ditomoptera minor5, Actea sphinx5
Pseudohydrophilus avitus5 von Heyden 1847 beetle
"Ditomorptera dubia" = Ditomoptera dubia5 Germar 1839 beetle
"Ditomorptera minor" = Ditomoptera minor5 Deichmüller 1886 beetle
Actea sphinx5 Münster 1842 beetle
 Coleoptera - Ommatidae
"Pyrochroophana brevipes" = Omma brevipes5
"Pyrochroophana brevipes" = Omma brevipes5 Deichmüller 1886 beetle
 Coleoptera - Phoroschizidae
Malmelater costeri5 Weyenbergh 1869 beetle