Blumenberg quarry, Eichstätt (Peter Katschmekat collection, 1998): Early/Lower Tithonian, Germany
collected by Peter Katschmekat 1998
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Protazhdarchidae
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Aurorazhdarcho primordius n. gen., n. sp.
Frey et al. 2011
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Holotype NMB Sh 110, partial skeleton | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Bayern |
| Coordinates: | 49.0° North, 11.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.2° North, 19.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 534 meters | ||
| 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: | Hybonoticeras hybonotum |
| Age range of interval: | 149.20000 - 146.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Solnhofen | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Solnhofen Lithographic Limestone (Upper Eichstätt Formation, Early Tithonian) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination lithified lime mudstone |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression,soft parts |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Fragmentation: | none |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Peter Katschmekat | Collection dates: | 1998 |
| Collection method comments: SMNK, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 138219 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | paleoentomology,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-06 22:44:10 | Last modified: | 2015-08-26 15:48:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-06 22:44:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44189. | E. Frey, C. A. Meyer, and H. Tischlinger. 2011. The oldest azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone (Early Tithonian) of Southern Germany. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 104(supp. 1):S35-S55 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |