Solnhofen (NHMB 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 class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Naturhistorisches Museum in Basel

Primary reference: G. Bechly. 2001. A new species of Cymatophlebia (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera: Cymatophlebiidae) from the Solnhofen Lithographic Limestone (Upper Jurassic, Germany). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 301:1-5 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152881: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.12.2013

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Odonata - Cymatophlebiidae
Cymatophlebia densa n. sp. Bechly 2001 true dragonfly
NHMB F1192