Also known as Wellnhoferia type site, Solnhofen specimen

Where: Bayern, Germany (48.9° N, 11.9° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 19.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Altmühltal Formation (Weißjura Group), Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• unknown, but probably Upper Solnhofen Lithographic Limestone, Malm zeta 2b (lower Lower Tithonian); the "Faule" facies

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, soft parts

Collection methods: salvage, quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: P. Wellnhofer. 1988. A new specimen of Archaeopteryx. Science 240(4860):1790-1792 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55995: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.11.2005

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