Solnhofen (Uppsala Collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• Lithographic limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, gray lime mudstone

• Tectonically inactive area.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: P. Wellnhofer. 1975. Die Rhamphorhynchoidea (Pterosauria) der Oberjura-Plattenkalke Süddeutschlands, Teil II, Systematische Beschreibung. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 148:132-186 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 29012: authorized by Conrad Labandeira, entered by Andrew Spencer-Lee on 13.03.2003, edited by Richard Butler

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pterosauria - Rhamphorhynchidae
"Pterodactylus longicaudus" = Rhamphorhynchus muensteri
"Pterodactylus longicaudus" = Rhamphorhynchus muensteri Goldfuss 1831 pterosaur
Pal Museum Uppsala 150