Birkhof (Jurassic of Germany)

Also known as Eichstatt

Where: Bayern, Germany (48.9° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 19.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Solnhofen Formation, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithology not reported

• Plattenkalk limestone (most likely)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H.-V. Karl, G. Tichy, and D. Valdisberri. 2012. Sontiochelys cretacea Stache, 1905 and new description of the families Eurysternidae Dollo, 1886 and Thalassemydidae Rutimeyer, 1873 (Testudines: Cryptodira). Studia Geologica Salmanticensia 48(1):45-76 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144679: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 15.05.2013, edited by Terri Cleary and Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Eosuchia - Pleurosauridae
Pleurosaurus goldfussi1 von Meyer 1831 lepidosaur
BSPHGM AS I 564 (Meyer 1860)
 Eosuchia - Homoeosauridae
Homoeosaurus maximiliani1 von Meyer 1847 lepidosaur
JME Rpm (not RMc 1), partial skeleton; SMF no. 414, partial skeleton
 Testudinata -
Thalassochelydia indet.2 Anquetin et al. 2017 turtle
JME 3995, an articulated left hindlimb associated with the anterolateral portions of the carapace
Solnhofia parsonsi Gaffney 1975 turtle
Adult specimen
Eurysternum wagleri Meyer 1839 turtle
JME SOS 03995 a+b, one hatchling and one juvenile