Stark Quarry, Schamhaupten: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian, Germany
collected by H. Balzer, G. Viohl, U. Gerhard, M. Röper 1988–1998
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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"Protoglobigerina" sp.
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Coeloidea indet.
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Renesto and Viohl 1997 | |||||||||
Coccolithophorida indet.
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Phaeophyceae
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Phaeophyceae indet.
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Equisetopsida
- Araucariaceae
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Araucarites sp.
Presl 1833
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Brachyphyllum sp.
Brongniart 1828
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Renesto and Viohl 1997 | |||||||||
Gymnospermopsida
- Corystospermales
- Corystospermaceae
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Cycadopteris jurensis
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Sphenopteridae
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Sphenopteris sp.
Sternberg 1825
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
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Scleractinia indet.
Bourne 1900
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Renesto and Viohl 1997 | |||||||||
unclassified
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Muensteria vermicularis
Sternberg 1833
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Mesohibolitidae
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Hibolithes semisulcatus
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Belemnotheutidae
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Acanthoteuthis sp.
Wagner in Munster 1839
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Octobrachia
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Vampyromorpha indet.
Robson 1929
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
corrected as Vampyromorphida | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Octobrachia
- Muensterellidae
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Engeseriteuthis arcuatus n. gen., n. sp.
Fuchs et al. 2019
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Fuchs et al. 2019 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
JME SOS Scha 709 | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonoidea
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Ammonoidea indet.
Zittel 1884
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Renesto and Viohl 1997 | |||||||||
35 spp. | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Oppeliidae
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Oppeliidae indet.
Bonarelli 1894
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Buckmanina sp.
Cossmann 1920
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Pleurotomariidae
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Bathrotomaria reticulata
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Renesto and Viohl 1997 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Propeamussiidae
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Propeamussium nonarium
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
original and current combination Pecten (Propeamussium) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Liostrea socialis
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
(Cuvier 1805)
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Renesto and Viohl 1997 | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Basiliolidae
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Lacunosella sp.
Wisniewska 1932
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Cyclothyrididae
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Torquirhynchia sp.
Childs 1969
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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Terebratulidae indet.
Gray 1840
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Zeilleriidae
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Ornithella pentagonalis
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Diastoporidae
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"Berenicea" sp.
Lamouroux 1821
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Insecta
- Orthoptera
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Orthoptera indet.
Olivier 1789
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Renesto and Viohl 1997 | |||||||||
= Grylloidea indet.
Laicharting 1781
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
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Palinuroidea indet.
Latreille 1802
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Axiidae
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Etallonia hoellorum n. sp.
Polz 1999
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Glypheidae
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Glyphea sp.
Von Meyer 1835
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Coleiidae
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Coleia longipes
(Fraas 1855)
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
JME Scha 1531 | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
- Isopoda
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Isopoda indet.
Latreille 1817
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
on skeleton of Juravenator | ||||||||||
Ostracoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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Renesto and Viohl 1997 | |||||||||
Crinoidea
- Roveacrinida
- Saccocomidae
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Saccocoma tenella
(Goldfuss 1831)
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
original and current combination Comatula tenella | ||||||||||
Crinoidea
- Millericrinida
- Millericrinidae
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Millericrinus sp.
d'Orbigny 1840
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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Renesto and Viohl 1997 | |||||||||
Echinoidea
- Pygasteridae
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Pygaster sp.
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Heterodontiformes
- Heterodontidae
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Paracestracion viohli n. sp.
Kriwet 2008
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Kriwet 2008 | 1 individual | ||||||||
JM Scha 728 | ||||||||||
Coelacanthimorpha
- Coelacanthiformes
- Latimeriidae
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Undina pencillata
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Eurysternidae
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Eurysternidae indet.
Dollo 1886
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Joyce and Zelenitsky 2002 | 1 individual | ||||||||
JM SCHA 101, shell with eggs | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Solnhofia parsonsi
Gaffney 1975
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Joyce 2000 | 1 individual | ||||||||
JME Scha 70 | ||||||||||
Eurysternum wagleri
Meyer 1839
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Karl et al. 2012 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
JME Scha 97, 70 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Ichthyosauria
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Ichthyosauria indet.
de Blainville 1835
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
sclerotic ring | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Metriorhynchidae
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Dakosaurus maximus
(Plieninger 1846)
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Andrade et al. 2010 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Juravenator starki n. gen., n. sp.
Göhlich and Chiappe 2006
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Göhlich and Chiappe 2006 | 1 individual | ||||||||
JME SCh 200 (8 measurements) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Rhamphorhynchidae
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Rhamphorhynchus sp.
Meyer 1847
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Sphenodontidae
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Leptosaurus pulchellus
(Zittel 1887)
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Renesto and Viohl 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
JME SCHA 40 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Gyrodontidae
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Gyrodus sp.
Agassiz 1833
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Macrosemiiformes
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Voelklichthys comitatus n. gen., n. sp.
Arratia and Schultze 2012
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Arratia and Schultze 2012 | 1 individual | ||||||||
JM-E SCH 102 (found on same slab as Juravenator starki holotype) | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
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Lepidotes sp.
Agassiz 1832
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
JME Scha 80 | ||||||||||
= Scheenstia zappi n. sp.
López-Arbarello and Sfercoa 2009
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López-Arbarello and Sfercoa 2009 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Leptolepidiformes
- Leptolepididae
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Tharsis sp.
Giebel 1848
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
synonym of Leptolepis | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Elopidae
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? Elopsomolos sp.
Arratia 2000
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= "Elops-like sp. 1" | ||||||||||
Anaethalion zapporum n. sp.
Arratia 2000
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1 individual | |||||||||
JM SCh 85 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
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Allothrissops sp.
Nybelin 1964
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1 individual | |||||||||
BM.f.7286 | ||||||||||
Ascalabothrissops voelkli n. gen., n. sp.
Arratia 2000
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1 individual | |||||||||
JM SCh 30a, b | ||||||||||
unclassified
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"Tubiphytes" morronensis
Crescenti 1969
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
recombined as Crescentiella morronensis | ||||||||||
Goniolina sp.
de Saporta 1891
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Viohl and Zapp 2007 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Germany | State/province: | Bayern | County: | Eichstätt |
Coordinates: | 48.9° North, 11.6° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.2° North, 19.7° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | ||
Age range of interval: | 155.70000 - 150.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | cherty/siliceous lime mudstone |
Secondary lithology: | bindstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "silicified, laminated limestone" and bindstones | |
Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,adpression,soft parts |
Lagerst�tten type: | conservation |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial orientation: | life position |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Articulated whole bodies: | all |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | H. Balzer, G. Viohl, U. Gerhard, M. Röper | Collection dates: | 1988–1998 |
Collection method comments: collected by Jura Museum and University of Bonn. Taxa not separated into beds, but clearly there are differences in abundances between layers - could be separated into collections if future publications provide more info. |
Metadata
Database number: | 59175 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, M. Clapham, P. Mannion, J. Alroy | Enterer: | K. Maguire, C. Feng, M. Clapham, J. Alroy, J. Tennant, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-03-20 10:17:39 | Last modified: | 2021-12-13 14:41:29 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-03-20 10:17:39 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
27128. | ETE | G. Arratia. 2000. Remarkable teleostean fishes from the Late Jurassic of southern Germany and their phylogenetic relationships. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaften Reihe 3:137-179 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
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] | |
71014 | G. Arratia and H.-P. Schultze. 2012. The macrosemiiform fish companion of the Late Jurassic theropod Juravenator from Schamhaupten, Bavaria, Germany. Fossil Record 15(5):5-25 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
38017 | L. M. Chiappe and U. B. Göhlich. 2010. Anatomy of Juravenator starki (Theropoda: Coelurosauria) from the Late Jurassic of Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 258(3):257-296 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
69677 | D. Fuchs, Y. Iba, A. Heyng, M. Iijima, C. Klug, N. L. Larson, and G. Schweigert. 2019. The Muensterelloidea: phylogeny and character evolution of Mesozoic stem octopods. Papers in Palaeontology 6:31-92 [R. Butler/E. Dunne/M. Clapham] | |
16916 | ETE | U. B. Göhlich and L. M. Chiappe. 2006. A new carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen archipelago. Nature 440:329-332 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |
26842 | ETE | U. B. Göhlich, H. Tischlinger, and L. M. Chiappe. 2006. Juravenator starki (Reptilia, Theropoda), ein neuer Raubdinosaurier aus dem Oberjura der Südlichen Frankenalb (Süddeutschland): Skelettanatomie und Weichteilbefunde [Juravenator starki (Reptilia, Theropoda), a new predatory dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of the southern Franconian Alb (southern Germany): skeletal anatomy and soft tissues]. Archaeopteryx 24:1-26 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
27130 | ETE | W. Joyce and D. K. Zelenitsky. 2002. Turtle egg pseudomorphs from the Late Jurassic of Schamhaupten, Germany. Archaeopteryx 20:57-62 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
44043 | W. G. Joyce. 2000. The first complete skeleton of Solnhofia parsoni (Cryptodira, Eurysternidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Germany and its taxonomic implications. Journal of Paleontology 74(4):684-700 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
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] | |
30504 | J. Kriwet. 2008. Anew species of extinct bullhead sharks, Paracestracion viohli sp. nov. (Neoselachii, Heterodontiformes), from the Upper Jurassic of South Germany. Acta Geologica Polonica 58(2):235-241 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
37653 | A. López-Arbarello and E. Sfercoa. 2009. New Semionotiform (Actinopterygii, Neopterygii) from the Late Jurassic of Southern Germany. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9:197-215 [M. Clapham/C. Feng/M. Clapham] | |
64581 | O. W. M. Rauhut, C. Foth, and H. Tischlinger. 2018. The oldest Archaeopteryx (Theropoda: Avialiae): a new specimen from the Kimmeridgian/Tithonian boundary of Schamhaupten, Bavaria. PeerJ 6:e4191 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
78879 | A. G. Reisdorf and M. Wuttke. 2012. Re-evaluating Moodie’s opisthotonic-posture hypothesis in fossil vertebrates part I: reptiles—the taphonomy of the bipedal dinosaurs Compsognathus longipes and Juravenator starki from the Solnhofen Archipelago (Jurassic, Germany). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 92(1):119-168 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
27129 | ETE | S. Renesto and G. Viohl. 1997. A sphenodontid (Reptilia, Diapsida) from the late Kimmeridgian of Schamhaupten (Southern Franconian Alb, Bavaria, Germany). Archaeopteryx 15:27-46 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
27315 | ETE | G. Viohl and M. Zapp. 2007. Schamhaupten, an outstanding Fossil-Lagerstätte in a silicified Plattenkalk around the Kimmeridgian-Tithonian boundary (Southern Franconian Alb, Bavaria). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 245(1):127-142 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |