Solnhofen (Häberlein collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Land 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 limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Repository: collection of Häberlein (Pappenheim, Germany)

Primary reference: J. A. Wagner. 1861. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der urweltlichen Fauna des lithographischen Schiefers [New contributions to the knowledge of the ancient fauna of the lithographic slates]. Abhandlungen der königlichen bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaft, II Classe 9(1):65-124 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 137801: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 19.12.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata -
Euryaspis radians n. gen. n. sp.
Euryaspis radians n. gen. n. sp. Wagner 1861 turtle
Xiphosura
 Xiphosurida - Limulidae
"Limulus giganteus n. sp." = Mesolimulus walchi
"Limulus giganteus n. sp." = Mesolimulus walchi Desmarest 1822 horseshoe crab