St. Niklaus quarries, Solothurn (Jurassic of Switzerland)

Where: Solothurn, Switzerland (47.2° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 16.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Solothurn Turtle Limestone Member (Reuchenette Formation), Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; bioturbated grainstone and bioturbated lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: NMS: Naturmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland

Primary reference: C. A. Meyer and A. P. Hunt. 1999. The first pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Switzerland: evidence for the largest Jurassic flying animal. Oryctos 2:111-116 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90875: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 21.08.2009, edited by Matthew Carrano and Roger Benson

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata -
"Thalassemys moseri" = Jurassichelon moseri1, "Tropidemys langi" = Tropidemys langii1, Thalassemys hugii1
"Thalassemys moseri" = Jurassichelon moseri1 Bräm 1965 turtle
State Museum of Solothurn Nr. 618 (holotype)
"Tropidemys langi" = Tropidemys langii1 Rütimeyer 1873 turtle
State Museum of Solothurn Nr. 15
Thalassemys hugii1 Rütimeyer 1873 turtle
State Museum of Solothurn Nr. 413
 Testudinata - Plesiochelyidae
"Plesiochelys solodurensis" = Plesiochelys etalloni1, "Plesiochelys jaccardi" = Craspedochelys jaccardi1
"Plesiochelys solodurensis" = Plesiochelys etalloni1 Pictet and Humbert 1857 turtle
State Museum of Solothurn Nrs 93, 95, 606, 611, 614, 615, 617, 619, 620, 623, 633, 634, 641
"Plesiochelys jaccardi" = Craspedochelys jaccardi1 Pictet 1860 turtle
State Museum of Solothurn Nr. 612
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.2 Marsh 1881 theropod
isolated teeth
 Pterosauria -
Pterodactyloidea indet. Plieninger 1901 pterosaur
NMS 20'870, wing phalanx 2; other possible pterosaur specimens from same locality include NMS 20'537 (tooth) and NMS 7124 (possible pterosaur rib)