Solnhofen (Koehler coll) (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Bayern, Germany (48.9° N, 11.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 19.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-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

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: specimen presumably in the private collection of F. Koehler and now lost

Primary reference: F. Koehler. 1826. Ueber den Libellulit von Solenhofen. Zeitschrift für Mineralogie 1826(2):231-233 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154305: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.02.2014

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Odonata - Mesuropetalidae
"Gomphus koehleri n. sp." = Mesuropetala muensteri
"Gomphus koehleri n. sp." = Mesuropetala muensteri Germar 1839 true dragonfly