Solnhofen (YPM 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

Collected in 1901; reposited in the YPM

Primary reference: A. Handlirsch. 1910. Ein neuer Jura-Laufkäfer. Deutsche Entomologische National-Bibliothek 1(3):23 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153156: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.12.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Trachypachidae
Tauredon horni n. gen. n. sp.
Tauredon horni n. gen. n. sp. Handlirsch 1910 false ground beetle
YPM IP 200264