Solnhofen (Leich collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Bayern, 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

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

• Repository: private collection of Leich

Primary reference: A. Nel, G. Bechly, and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 1996. A new genus and species of Aeschnidiidae (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera) from the Solnhofen Limestone, Upper Jurassic, Germany. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 76:175-179 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122730: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 05.01.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Odonata - Cymatophlebiidae
Cymatophlebia longialata2
Cymatophlebia longialata2 Germar 1839 true dragonfly
 Odonata - Eumorbaeschnidae
Eumorbaeschna jurassica2
Eumorbaeschna jurassica2 Carpenter 1932 true dragonfly
 Odonata - Aeschnidiidae
Urogomphus giganteus1, Bergeriaeschnidia inexpectata
Urogomphus giganteus1 Germar 1839 small darner
Bergeriaeschnidia inexpectata Nel et al. 1996 small darner
Illustrated in Frickhinger, 1994
1Bechly 1998; 2Bechly et al. 2001