Langenaltheim quarry: Early/Lower Tithonian, Germany
collected by Häberlein 1861
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Solnhofia parsonsi
Gaffney 1975
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Karl et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| One adult specimen | ||||||||||
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Archeopteryx macrurus n. sp.
Owen 1862
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1 individual | |||||||||
| synonym of Archaeopteryx lithographica | ||||||||||
| London specimen | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Bayern |
| Coordinates: | 48.9° North, 11.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.1° North, 19.1° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 581 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 149.20000 - 146.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Weißjura | Formation: | Altmühltal |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,soft parts |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | salvage,mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BMNH | ||
| Collectors: | Häberlein | Collection dates: | 1861 |
| Collection method comments: found by physician, Dr. Häberlein of Pappenheim (but not at Pappenheim) | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ottmann Quarry | ||
| Database number: | 53036 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | paleoentomology,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-09-01 14:42:54 | Last modified: | 2022-09-30 14:02:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-01 14:42:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38171. | R. Owen. 1862. On the fossil remains of a long-tailed bird (Archeopteryx macrurus, Ow) from the Lithographic Slate of Solenhofen. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 12:272-273 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
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] | |
| 17148 | ETE | J. H. Ostrom. 1972. Description of the Archaeopteryx specimen in the Teyler Museum, Haarlem. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen – Amsterdam, Proceedings Series B 75(4):289-305 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 14342 | ETE | J. H. Ostrom. 1985. Introduction to Archaeopteryx. In M. K. Hecht, J. H. Ostrom, G. Viohl, and P. Wellnhofer (eds.), The Beginnings of Birds: Proceedings of the International Archaeopteryx Conference, Eichstätt 1984. Freunde des Jura-Museums Eichstätt, Eichstätt 9-20 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |