Echinodermata, Zandt, Plattenkalk, Solnhofen Area: Early/Lower Tithonian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Ophiuroidea
- Ophiurida
- Aplocomidae
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Geocoma carinata
(Goldfuss 1833)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Roveacrinida
- Saccocomidae
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Saccocoma tenella
(Goldfuss 1831)
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| original and current combination Comatula tenella | ||||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Comatulida
- Pterocomidae
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Pterocoma pennata
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| replaced by Comaturella | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Platychelys oberndorferi
Wagner 1853
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Zittel 1877 | |||||||||
| a partial plastron described by Zittel 1877, pl. 28.3, and formerly held at BSPG, now lost | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Solnhofia parsonsi
Gaffney 1975
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Karl et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| JME SOS 2429 a+b, JME 03552 | ||||||||||
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Eurysternum wagleri
Meyer 1839
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Anquetin and Joyce 2014 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| BSPG 1960 VIII 43 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Rhamphorhynchidae
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Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus
(Münster 1839)
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Wellnhofer 1975 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri | ||||||||||
| BSPG 1959 I 400 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Metriorhynchidae
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Rhacheosaurus gracilis
Meyer 1831
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Andrade et al. 2010 | |||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
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Hefriga proboscideawulfi n. sp.
Schweigert and Garassino 2004
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Schweigert and Garassino 2004 | |||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Alvinocarididae
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Harthofia polzi n. sp.
Schweigert 2011
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Schweigert 2011 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Bavaria |
| Coordinates: | 48.9° North, 11.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.2° North, 19.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| 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: | Hybonotum |
| Age range of interval: | 149.20000 - 146.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Solnhofen Platenkalk | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Zandt section | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified lime mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,replaced with calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Articulated whole bodies: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 58604 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Villier, M. Clapham, E. Vlachos, R. Butler, P. Mannion | Enterer: | L. Villier, R. Butler, J. Tennant, E. Vlachos, R. Valdez |
| Modifier: | L. Villier | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-02-16 02:11:47 | Last modified: | 2009-06-29 16:50:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-16 02:11:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16641. | H. Hess. 1999. Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Plattenkalk of Bavaria, Germany. H. Hess, W.I. Ausich C.E. Brett & M.J. Simms (eds), Fossil Crinoids. Cambridge University Press 216-224 [L. Villier/L. Villier] |
Secondary references:
| 43156 | M. B. Andrade, M. T. Young, J. B. Desojo and S. L. Brusatte. 2010. The evolution of extreme hypercarnivory in Metriorhynchidae (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) based on evidence from microscopic denticle morphology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5):1451-1465 [M. Young/M. Young] | |
| 53510 | J. Anquetin and W. G. Joyce. 2014. A reassessment of the Late Jurassic turtle Eurysternum wagleri (Eucryptodira, Eurysternidae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(6):1317-1328 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] | |
| 17826 | G. Boehm. 1889. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss fossiler Ophiuren. Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Freiburg 4:232-287 [L. Villier/L. Villier] | |
| 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] | |
| 83583 | G. Schweigert. 2011. The decapod crustaceans of the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestones: A historical review and some recent discoveries. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 260:131-140 [M. Clapham/R. Valdez/M. Clapham] | |
| 83582 | G. Schweigert and A. Garassino. 2004. New genera and species of shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata, Caridea) from the Upper Jurassic lithographic limestones of S Germany. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde 1-33 [M. Clapham/R. Valdez] | |
| 32121 | P. Wellnhofer. 1975. Die Rhamphorhynchoidea (Pterosauria) der Oberjura-Plattenkalke Süddeutschlands, Teil II, Systematische Beschreibung. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 148:132-186 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 62611 | K. A. Zittel. 1877. Bemerkungen über die Schildkröten des lithographischen Schiefers in Bayern. Palaeontographica 24:75-184 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |