Daiting (BSPG collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Bayern, Germany (48.8° N, 10.9° E: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 19.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Mörnsheim Formation, early Tithonian–uppermost hybonotum Tethys ammonite zone

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

• Greater SiO2 content than Solnhofen samples

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BSP

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: H. von Meyer. 1831. [Pleurosaurus goldfussi.]. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 15:194-195 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/T. Cleary]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132062: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 07.08.2012, edited by Jonathan Tennant, Terri Cleary, Richard Butler, Wolfgang Kiessling and Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Octopoda - Muensterellidae
Muensterella spinosa n. sp.4 Fuchs et al. 2019 octopus
Listroteuthis conica4 Wagner 1859 octopus
Reptilia
 Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Geosaurus grandis1 Wagner 1858 marine crocodile
BSPG AS I VI 1
"Cricosaurus medius n. sp." = Geosaurus medius1 Wagner 1858 marine crocodile
lost holotype
Cricosaurus gracilis6 Phillips 1871 marine crocodile
Cricosaurus elegans1 Wagner 1852 marine crocodile
BSPG AS I 504
 Theropoda -
Archaeopteryx albersdoerferi n. sp.5 Kundrát et al. 2019 Ancient bird
SNSB BSPG VN-2010/1
 Pterosauria -
"Ornithocephalus rhamphastinus n. sp." = Germanodactylus rhamphastinus2
"Ornithocephalus rhamphastinus n. sp." = Germanodactylus rhamphastinus2 Wagner 1851 pterosaur
BSP AS.I.745
 Eosuchia - Pleurosauridae
Pleurosaurus goldfussi n. gen. n. sp.3
Pleurosaurus goldfussi n. gen. n. sp.3 von Meyer 1831 lepidosaur
Unnamed Meyer 1831 holotype, complete skeleton; BSPHGM 1978-1-7, fragmentary skull and skeleton