Where: Solothurn, Switzerland (47.2° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 16.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Aulacostephanus pseudomutabilis ammonoid zone, Solothurn Turtle Limestone Member (Reuchenette Formation), Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)
• Uppermost member
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical, acetic,
• SM, Mineralogy-Geology Collection of the Solothurn Museum, Solothurn, Switzerland
Primary reference: E. S. Gaffney. 1975. Solnhofia parsonsi, a new cryptodiran turtle from the Late Jurassic of Europe. American Museum Novitates 2576:1-22 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137749: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 19.12.2012, edited by Jonathan Tennant and Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Platychelys oberndorferi2 Wagner 1853 turtle five specimens in the State Museum of Solothurn; two specimens in the Natural history Museum at Basel; others in private collections
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Emys trionychoides n. sp.3, Emys hugi n. sp.3, Emys jurensis n. sp.4, "Plesiochelys solodurensis n. sp." = Plesiochelys etalloni2, "Plesiochelys solodurensis" = Plesiochelys etalloni5, "Plesiochelys solodurensis" = Plesiochelys etalloni6, "Plesiochelys sanctaverenae n. sp." = Plesiochelys etalloni2, "Plesiochelys langii n. sp." = Plesiochelys etalloni2, Emys hugii n. sp.3, "Craspedochelys picteti n. gen. n. sp." = Craspedochelys picteti2, "Craspedochelys crassa n. sp." = Craspedochelys picteti2
"Plesiochelys solodurensis n. sp." = Plesiochelys etalloni2 Pictet and Humbert 1857 turtle NMS 59, a distorted sub-complete shell
"Plesiochelys solodurensis" = Plesiochelys etalloni5 Pictet and Humbert 1857 turtle SM 134, partially disarticulated skull, jaws, hyoid elements, and shell fragment. Cuvier (1824, p. 230, pl. 15, fig. 7) and Rutimeyer (1873, pl. 14, fig. 5) figured this skull. SM 135, a frontally sectioned skull. This specimen was figured by Rutimeyer (1873, pl. 14, figs. 3, 4) and Bram (1965, pl. 6, fig. 1). SM 136, a skull and jaws. Rutimeyer (1873, pl. 14, figs. 1, 2) and Bram (1965, pl. 6, fig. 2) illustrated this specimen. SM 594, a partial skull, partial shell, and appendicular material. The shell material is described by Bram (1965, p. 66)
"Plesiochelys solodurensis" = Plesiochelys etalloni6 Pictet and Humbert 1857 turtle State Museum of Solothurn 62, 64, 111
"Plesiochelys sanctaverenae n. sp." = Plesiochelys etalloni2 Pictet and Humbert 1857 turtle State Museum of Solothurn 118 (holotype), 122 (juvenile),
"Plesiochelys langii n. sp." = Plesiochelys etalloni2 Pictet and Humbert 1857 turtle NMS 123, a sub-complete carapace missing the right and posterior margins
"Craspedochelys picteti n. gen. n. sp." = Craspedochelys picteti2 Rütimeyer 1873 turtle State Museum of Solothurn 129 (holotype), 608, 696
"Craspedochelys crassa n. sp." = Craspedochelys picteti2 Rütimeyer 1873 turtle State Museum of Solothurn 130 (holotype)
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Solnhofia parsonsi, Thalassemys bruntrutana7, "Thalassemys hugii n. gen." = Thalassemys hugii2, "Thalassemys gresslyi n. sp." = Thalassemys hugii2, "Eurysternum ignoratum n. sp." = Thalassemys hugii2, cf. Tropidemys sp.2, "Tropidemys langi n. gen. n. sp." = Tropidemys langii2, "Craspedochelys plana n. sp." = Tropidemys langii1, "Tropidemys gibba" = Tropidemys langii2, "Tropidemys expansa" = Tropidemys langii2
Solnhofia parsonsi Gaffney 1975 turtle SM 137, a skull without lower jaws, mentioned by Bram (1965, pp. 186-187)
"Thalassemys hugii n. gen." = Thalassemys hugii2 Rütimeyer 1873 turtle State Museum of Solothurn 1 (holotype), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 20, 239, 417, 469, 593, 610
"Thalassemys gresslyi n. sp." = Thalassemys hugii2 Rütimeyer 1873 turtle State Museum of Solothurn 12
"Eurysternum ignoratum n. sp." = Thalassemys hugii2 Rütimeyer 1873 turtle State Museum of Solothurn 5 (holotype, figures as Thalassemys hugii by Rutimeyer [1873, plate 6, fig. 4]), 124 (figured as Plesiochelys langii by Rutimeyer [1873, plate 6, fig. 3]),412
"Tropidemys langi n. gen. n. sp." = Tropidemys langii2 Rütimeyer 1873 turtle State Museum of Solothurn Nr. 16 (holotype), 22
"Craspedochelys plana n. sp." = Tropidemys langii1 Rütimeyer 1873 turtle NMS 132, anterolateral (left) portion of a carapace
"Tropidemys expansa" = Tropidemys langii2 Rütimeyer 1873 turtle State Museum of Solothurn Nr. 32, 33, 132, 644, 710
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| Steneosaurus bouchardi | |
"Steneosaurus bouchardi n. sp." = Proexochokefalos bouchardi8
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