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Solnhofia parsonsi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Solnhofia parsonsi was named by Gaffney (1975). Its type specimen is TM 4023, a partial skull (a partially damaged skull with lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Solnhofen (Uppsala Collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Solnhofia parsonsi Gaffney p. 3 figs. 1-21
2000Solnhofia parsonsi Joyce p. 686 figs. 2-9
2008Solnhofia parsonsi Danilov and Parham
2008Solnhofia parsonsi Pérez-García et al.
2011Solnhofia parsonsi Pérez-García and Ortega
2012Solnhofia parsonsi Karl et al.
2013Solnhofia parsonsi Pérez-García and Murelaga
2014Solnhofia parsonsi Perea et al.
2014Solnhofia parsonsi Puntener et al.
2017Solnhofia parsonsi Anquetin et al.
2019Solnhofia parsoni Evers et al.
2020Solnhofia parsonsi Anquetin and Püntener

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
—Thalassochelydia
genusSolnhofia
speciesparsonsi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Solnhofia parsonsi Gaffney 1975
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Anquetin et al. 2017Solnhofia parsonsi differs from all other “eurysternids” by having an enlarged skull (40% of carapace length), an elongated snout, a complete secondary palate, limited temporal emargination, a smooth triturating surface, absence of a lingual ridge, reduction of the foramen palatinum posterius, massive processi trochlearis oticum that obscure the foramen nervi trigemini in lateral view, a common opening for the foramina anterius canalis carotici cerebralis, an elongate mandibular symphysis, low but short labial ridges on the mandible, a pentagonal carapace with its greatest width at peripheral VII, a broad nuchal that forms a wide nuchal notch, reduced costo-peripheral fontanelles, an evenly rounded posterior margin of the carapace, broad posterior peripherals, a large pygal, wide vertebral scutes, hyoplastra and xiphiplastra that are about as wide as long, semilunate lateral plastral fontanelles, and an oval central plastral fontanelle.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 155.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Lot) Solnhofia parsonsi (138017)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bayern) Solnhofia parsonsi (59175)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Switzerland (Solothurn) Solnhofia parsonsi (137749)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Solnhofia parsonsi (53036 144679 212952) Testudinata new species? (123906)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Solnhofia parsonsi (58604 212955)