Also known as Haarlem specimen
Where: Bayern, Germany (49.0° N, 11.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 19.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Weißjura Group, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)
• unknown which of the former "Solnhofen" beds the specimen comes from.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, trace, soft parts
Collected in 1855
Primary reference: H. v. Meyer. 1857. Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss fossiler Reptilien [Contributions to the detailed knowledge of fossil reptiles]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1857:532-543 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 53038: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.09.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Pterodactylus crassipes n. sp." = Archaeopteryx lithographica
"Pterodactylus crassipes n. sp." = Archaeopteryx lithographica Meyer 1861 avialan Teyler/Haarlem specimen; TM 6928 and 6929
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