Where: Solothurn, Switzerland (47.2° N, 7.5° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 30.1° N, 21.5° E (Wright 2013)
• 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
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Thalassemys hugii1, "Thalassemys moseri" = Jurassichelon moseri1, "Tropidemys langi" = Tropidemys langii1
"Thalassemys moseri" = Jurassichelon moseri1 Bräm 1965 turtle State Museum of Solothurn Nr. 618 (holotype)
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"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
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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)
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