Eichstätt, Solnhofen (Naturhistorischen Museum Wien collection): Early/Lower Tithonian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta
Insecta indet. Linnaeus 1758
7 specimens
Insecta - Diptera
Culicoidea indet. Meigen 1818
1 specimen
NHMW 1985/26/9
Insecta - Mesephemeridae
? Mesephemera sp. Handlirsch 1906
2 specimens
Mesephemera procera (Hagen 1862)
1 specimen
Mesephemera prisca (Germar 1839)
1 specimen
Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Hexagenitidae
? Paedephemera oppenheimi Handlirsch 1906
1 specimen
synonym of Hexagenites cellulosus
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Odonata - Isophlebiidae
Isophlebia aspasia (Hagen 1862)
2 specimens
Anisophlebia helle (Hagen 1862)
1 specimen
Insecta - Odonata - Aeschnidiidae
Aeschnidium densum (Hagen 1862)
2 specimens
recombined as Misofaeschnidium densum
Insecta - Odonata - Aktassiidae
Aeschnogomphus intermedius (Munster 1839)
4 specimens
Insecta - Odonata - Nannogomphidae
Nannogomphus bavaricus n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
2 specimens
NHMW 1985/31/1, 1985/3/2 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Mesuropetalidae
Mesuropetala koehleri (Hagen 1848)
1 specimen
synonym of Mesuropetala muensteri
Insecta - Odonata - Cymatophlebiidae
Cymatophlebia longialata (Germar 1839)
5 specimens
Insecta - Odonata - Stenophlebiidae
Stenophlebia latreillei (Germar 1839)
2 specimens
Stenophlebia amphitrite (Hagen 1862)
2 specimens
Insecta - Odonata - Steleopteridae
Steleopteron deichmuelleri n. gen., n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
1 specimen
NHMW 1984/4 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Tarsophlebiidae
Tarsophlebia eximia (Hagen 1862)
3 specimens
Insecta - Protomyrmeleontidae
Protomyrmeleon jurassicus n. sp. Nel 1991
Nel 1991 1 specimen
NMW 1985/26/1; This was called Malmagrion eichstaettense in Ponomarenko, 1985 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae
Mesobelostomum deperditum (Germar 1839)
4 specimens
original and current combination Scarabaeides deperditus
Mesonepa primordialis (Germar 1839)
1 specimen
Insecta - Hemiptera
Copidopus jurassicus n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
1 specimen
NHMW 1985/5
Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeontinidae
Beloptesis oppenheimi n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
Handlirsch 1906 1 specimen
synonym of Prolystra lithographica
NHMW2007z0142/0004 (2 measurements)
Protopsyche braueri n. gen., n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
Handlirsch 1906 1 specimen
synonym of Prolystra lithographica
NHMW2007z0142/0002 (2 measurements)
Archipsyche eichstattensis n. gen., n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
Wang et al. 2010 1 specimen
NHMW2007z0142/0003 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Chresmodidae
Chresmoda obscura Germar 1839
9 specimens
Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Elcana lithophila (Germar 1842)
5 specimens
recombined as Panorpidium lithophila
Elcana phyllophora n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
Handlirsch 1906 3 specimens
recombined as Panorpidium phyllophora
NHMW 1985/13 (1 measurement)
Elcana bavarica n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
Handlirsch 1906 1 specimen
synonym of Panorpidium phyllophora
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae
Pycnophlebia minor Handlirsch 1906
3 specimens
Pycnophlebia speciosa (Germar 1839)
5 specimens
Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
? Phaneroptera germari Münster 1842
Handlirsch 1906 1 specimen
recombined as Locustopsis germari
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae
Lithoblatta lithophila (Germar 1839)
8 specimens
Insecta - Blattodea
Megalocerca longipes n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
Handlirsch 1906 2 specimens
NHMW 1985/15/1, 1985/15/2 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pseudosiricidae
Myrmicium elongatus (Germar 1839)
2 specimens
recombined as Myrmicium elongatum
Myrmicium schroeteri (Germar 1839)
1 specimen
Pseudosirex snelleni (Weyenbergh 1869)
Handlirsch 1906 1 specimen
synonym of Myrmicium schroeteri
Pseudosirex nanus n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
Handlirsch 1906 2 specimens
recombined as Myrmicium nanus
(1 measurement)
Myrmicium nanus (Handlirsch 1906)
2 specimens
Insecta - Neuroptera - Nymphidae
Nymphites lithographicus n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
1 specimen
NHMW 1985/9 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Neuroptera
Gigantotermes excelsus (Oppenheim 1888)
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae
Actea sphinx Münster 1842
1 specimen
Ditomoptera dubia Germar 1839
1 specimen
Pseudohydrophilus avitus (von Heyden 1847)
3 specimens
NHMW 1985/26/2
Insecta - Coleoptera
Procalosoma mimor n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
Handlirsch 1906 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Procalosoma minor n. sp. (Handlirsch 1906)
2 specimens
original and current combination Procalosoma mimor
NHMW 1985/10
Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Mesosperchus schultzi n. sp. Ponomarenko 1985
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Hydrophilidae
NHMW 1985/26/6 ab (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
? Elateridae indet. Leach 1815
2 specimens
Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae
Omma brevipes (Deichmüller 1886)
1 specimen
NHMW 1985/26/4
Insecta - Coleoptera - Phoroschizidae
? Malmelater grossum (Weyenbergh 1869)
1 specimen
NHMW 1985/26/3
Insecta - Coleoptera
Notocupes tripartitus (Oppenheim 1888)
1 specimen
recombined as Conexicoxa tripartita
NHMW 1985/26/5 (2 measurements)
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:local area
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:adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NHMW
Metadata
Database number:123144
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-01-12 16:11:04 Last modified:2014-07-30 12:07:53
Access level:the public Released:2012-01-12 16:11:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8341.ETE A. G. Ponomarenko. 1985. Fossil insects from the Tithonian "Solnhofener Plattenkalke" in the Museum of Natural History, Vienna. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien, A 87:135-144 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

35209 A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44862 B. Wang, H. C. Zhang, T. Wappler and J. Rust. 2010. Palaeontinidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha) from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Germany and their phylogenetic significance. Geological Magazine 147(4):570-580 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
39401 W. Zessin. 1991. Die Phylogenie der Protomyrmeleontidae unter einbeziehung neuer Oberliassischer funde (Odonata: Archizygoptera sens. nov.). Odonatologica 20(1):97-126 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]