Sappenfeld Quarry, Eichstätt (Solnhofen): Early/Lower Tithonian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Tarsophlebiidae
Tarsophlebia eximia (Hagen 1862)
Reptilia
Eurysternum wagleri Meyer 1839
Karl et al. 2012
JME SOS 02456 a+b, 02457
Reptilia - Pleurosauridae
Pleurosaurus goldfussi von Meyer 1831
von Meyer 1831
BSPHGM 1925 I 18, complete skeleton
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bayern
Coordinates: 48.9° North, 11.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.1° North, 19.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Tithonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Tithonian Ammonoid zone: Hybonoticeras hybonotum
Age range of interval:150.80000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Solnhofen
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination lithified lime mudstone
Lithology description: Plattenkalk limestone
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Soppenfeld
Database number:106543
Authorizer:M. Clapham, P. Barrett, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Karr, J. Tennant, T. Cleary
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-03-25 09:05:48 Last modified:2021-04-19 11:32:34
Access level:the public Released:2011-03-25 09:05:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

35532. A. Nel, X. Martínez-Delclòs, J. C. Paicheler and M. Henrotay. 1993. Les "Anisozygoptera" fossiles Phylogenie et classification (Odonata). Martinia 3:1-311 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

46818 H.-V. Karl, G. Tichy, and D. Valdisberri. 2012. Sontiochelys cretacea Stache, 1905 and new description of the families Eurysternidae Dollo, 1886 and Thalassemydidae Rutimeyer, 1873 (Testudines: Cryptodira). Studia Geologica Salmanticensia 48(1):45-76 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/P. Wagner]
57860 H. von Meyer. 1831. [Pleurosaurus goldfussi.]. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 15:194-195 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/T. Cleary]