Eichstätt, Solnhofen (Oppel 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: lithographica 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

Primary reference: A. Oppel. 1863. III: Über jurassische Cephalopoden (continued). Palaeontologische Mittheilungen aus dem Museum des Koeniglich-Bayerischen Staates 163-266 [P. Scofield/P. Scofield/P. Scofield]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 234329: authorized by Paul Scofield, entered by Paul Scofield on 29.03.2024

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
"Ammonites bous n. sp." = Neochetoceras bous
"Ammonites bous n. sp." = Neochetoceras bous Oppel 1863 ammonite
see Scherzinger et al. (2015)
 Ammonoidea - Aulicostephanidae
"Ammonites aporus n. sp." = Sutnaria apora
"Ammonites aporus n. sp." = Sutnaria apora Oppel 1863 ammonite