Solnhofen (Schröter collection): Early/Lower Tithonian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pseudosiricidae
Sphinx sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Unnamed specimen in pl. 3, fig 16 of Schroeter
    = Sphinx schroeteri n. sp. Germar 1839
Germar 1839
recombined as Myrmicium schroeteri
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
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:149.20000 - 146.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Solnhofen
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination lithified lime mudstone
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: private collection of Johann Samuel Schröter
Metadata
Database number:115325
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham, J. Karr
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-09-01 05:44:11 Last modified:2014-07-30 11:47:43
Access level:the public Released:2011-09-01 05:44:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

50675. J. S. Schröter. 1784. Neue Literatur und Beyträge zur Kenntniß der Naturgeschichte, Vorzüglich der Conchylien und Fossilien 1-580 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

50674 E. F. Germar. 1839. Die versteinerten Insecten Solenhofens. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 19(1):187-222 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
12082 E.F. von Schlotheim. 1820. Die Petrfactendunde auf ihrem jetzigen Standpunkte durch die Beshreibung seiner Sammlung versteinerter und fossiler Überreste des Thier- und Pflanzernreichs der Vorwelt erläutert 1-457 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]