PBDB Collection

Wintershof Quarry, Eichstätt, Solnhofen (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Bayern, Germany (48.9° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 19.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hybonoticeras hybonotum ammonoid zone, Solnhofen Formation, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified lime mudstone

• Plattenkalk limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Primary reference: G. Bechly, A. Nel, X. Martínez-Declòs, E. A. Jarzembowski, R. Coram, D. Martill, G. Fleck, F. Escuillié, M. M. Wisshak and M. Maisch. 2001. A revision and phylogenetic study of Mesozoic Aeshnoptera, with description of numerous new taxa (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). Neue Paläontologische Abhandlungen 4:1-219 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105797: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.02.2011, edited by Jered Karr, Roger Benson, Terri Cleary, Richard Butler, Bethany Allen and Jonathan Tennant

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Squamata -	Eichstaettisaurus schroederi n. sp.⁵, Ardeosaurus brevipes n. sp.⁵, Ardeosaurus digitatellus n. sp.⁵ Eichstaettisaurus schroederi n. sp.⁵ Broili 1938 squamates BSPG 1937 I 1a & b (holotype), complete skeleton preserved in dorsal view and counterpart. Ardeosaurus brevipes n. sp.⁵ Meyer 1909 squamates Holotype: Collection Hetzell, now lost. Represented solely by a cast (NHMUK38006). Ardeosaurus digitatellus n. sp.⁵ Grier 1914 squamates CM 4026 (holotype), partial skeleton including skull and parts of the postcranium preserved in dorsal view
Pterosauria -	Ctenochasma porocristata n. sp.² Ctenochasma porocristata n. sp.² de Buisonje 1981 pterosaur SoS-2179 (holotype), partial skull
Loricata - Atoposauridae	Alligatorellus bavaricus⁶ Alligatorellus bavaricus⁶ Tennant and Mannion 2014 crocodilian Alligatorellus beaumonti barvaricus
Eosuchia - Pleurosauridae	Pleurosaurus goldfussi¹ Pleurosaurus goldfussi¹ von Meyer 1831 lepidosaur
Insecta
Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae	Orthophlebia lithographica n. sp.⁷ Orthophlebia lithographica n. sp.⁷ Willmann and Novokshonov 1998 scorpionfly JME SOS 1732
Dicondylia - Tarsophlebiidae	Tarsophlebia eximia⁴ Tarsophlebia eximia⁴ Hagen 1862 winged insect JME 1960/66K, 1951/73K
Odonata - Mesuropetalidae	Mesuropetala muensteri Mesuropetala muensteri Germar 1839 true dragonfly Labelled Mesuropetala koehler, J. Schmitt, v. 1966, Wintershof, Eichstätt
Odonata - Cymatophlebiidae	Cymatophlebia longialata Cymatophlebia longialata Germar 1839 true dragonfly JME SOS 1713, 1714
Odonata - Isophlebiidae	Isophlebia aspasia⁴ Isophlebia aspasia⁴ Hagen 1862 dragonfly JME SOS 1704a-b
Dicondylia - Protomyrmeleontidae	Malmomyrmeleon viohli n. gen. n. sp.³ Malmomyrmeleon viohli n. gen. n. sp.³ Martínez-Delclòs and Nel 1996 winged insect JME SOS 3611, 1680

¹Cocude-Michel 1963; ²de Buisonje 1981; ³Martínez-Delclòs and Nel 1996; ⁴Nel et al. 1993; ⁵Simoes et al. 2016; ⁶Tennant and Mannion 2014; ⁷Willmann and Novokshonov 1998