Solnhofen (Solothurn Museum, MSS/SM): Early/Lower Tithonian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Solnhofia n. gen. parsonsi
Gaffney 1975
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| SM 137 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Bavaria |
| 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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified calcareous lime mudstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| 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: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Museum der Stadt Solothurn (MSS and SM collection) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 212955 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2020-08-23 11:50:46 | Last modified: | 2020-08-23 11:50:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-08-23 11:50:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |