Solnhofen (Teyler Museum Collection): Early/Lower Tithonian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Pleurosauridae
Anguisaurus bipes n. sp. Münster 1839
Cocude-Michel 1963
synonym of Pleurosaurus goldfussi
Reptilia - Rhamphorhynchidae
Pterodactylus longicaudus n. sp. Münster 1839
Wellnhofer 1975
synonym of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri
Teyler-Museum 6924
Reptilia
Testudinata informal new species?
Parsons and Williams 1961 1 specimen
TM 4023, cranium and mandible
    = Solnhofia parsonsi n. gen., n. sp. Gaffney 1975
Gaffney 1975
Crinoidea - Roveacrinida - Saccocomidae
Hasseltides primigenius n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
3 specimens
synonym of Saccocoma bajeri
TM 6547, 6548
Cephalopoda - Octobrachia - Muensterellidae
Celaenoteuthis incerta Naef 1922
Fuchs et al. 2019
Insecta
Asilicus lithophilus Germar 1842
6 specimens
TM 6500, 6499, 6541, 6543, 6488, 6561
    = Insecta indet. Linnaeus 1758
Handlirsch 1907
Cheilosia dubia n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
2 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Insecta
TM 6433, 6452 (1 measurement)
Ephemera deposita n. sp. Weyenbergh 1874
Weyenbergh 1874 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Insecta
TM 6501
Termes fossilis n. sp. Weyenbergh 1874
Weyenbergh 1874 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Insecta
TM 6540
Anisorhynchus lapideus n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Insecta
TM 6533
Insecta - Mesephemeridae
Anomalon palaeon n. sp. Weyenbergh 1874
Weyenbergh 1874 2 specimens
synonym of Mesephemera prisca
TM 6534, 6483 (TM 15319 is type according to Demoulin, 1955) (1 measurement)
Ephemera procera Hagen 1862
Meunier 1897 1 specimen
recombined as Mesephemera procera
TM 16166
? Mesephemera weyenberghi n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
Handlirsch 1906 1 specimen
synonym of Mesephemera procera
TM 6434; part of Anomalon palaeon in Weyenbergh, 1874 (pl 3, fig 8) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Hexagenitidae
Hexagenites mortua (Hagen 1862)
Demoulin 1955 1 specimen
synonym of Hexagenites cellulosus
TM 15389/15390 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata
Hageniella problematica n. gen., n. sp. Meunier 1897
Meunier 1897 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Odonata
TM 16168
Insecta - Odonata - Stenophlebiidae
Stenophlebia sp. Hagen 1866
Meunier 1897 1 specimen
TM 15376
Stenophlebia aequalis (Hagen 1862)
Meunier 1897 7 specimens
synonym of Stenophlebia latreillei
TM 15371, 16176, 16170, 15373, 15374, 15375(15459) Petalura muensteri in Weyenbergh 1876, 16179
Insecta - Odonata - Nannogomphidae
Agrion vetustum Hagen 1848
Meunier 1896 1 specimen
recombined as Nannogomphus vetustus
TM 6359 (probably determined by Weyenberg)
Insecta - Odonata - Cymatophlebiidae
Cymatophlebia longialata (Germar 1839)
Meunier 1897 3 specimens
TM 15368, 15369, 15366(15367)
Insecta - Odonata - Mesuropetalidae
Uropetala koehleri (Hagen 1848)
Meunier 1897 2 specimens
synonym of Mesuropetala muensteri
TM 15385, 15386, 15387(15388)
Insecta - Odonata - Aktassiidae
Cordulegaster intermedius (Munster 1839)
Meunier 1897 3 specimens
recombined as Aeschnogomphus intermedius
TM 16180, 15363, 15364
Insecta - Odonata - Isophlebiidae
Isophlebia aspasia (Hagen 1862)
Meunier 1897 2 specimens
TM 15392(13593), 15391
Insecta - Tarsophlebiidae
Tarsophlebia eximia (Hagen 1862)
Meunier 1897 1 specimen
TM 16178
Insecta - Protomyrmeleontidae
? Agrion eichstattense (Hagen 1862)
Meunier 1896 2 specimens
recombined as Malmagrion eichstattense
TM 6360, 6361
Insecta
Naucoris lapidarius n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
7 specimens
recombined as Palaeoheteroptera lapidaria
TM 6423, 6424, 6397, 6398, 6492, 6494(6553), 6554
Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeontinidae
Cicada gigantea n. sp. Weyenbergh 1874
Weyenbergh 1874 1 specimen
synonym of Prolystra lithographica
TM 12573(4) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera
Lystra vollenhoveni n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
2 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Hemiptera
TM 6542
Insecta - Hemiptera - Corixidae
Silpha tenuilythris n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
5 specimens
recombined as Mesocorixa tenuielythris
TM 6522, 6402, 6519, 6408, 6473
Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae
Belostoma deperditum (Germar 1839)
Meunier 1896 15 specimens
original and current combination Scarabaeides deperditus
TM 13191, 13192, 13193, 13124, 12391, 13292, 13135, 13136, 6391, 6392, 13294, 13293, 13186, 500, 700
Belostomum hartingi n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
3 specimens
synonym of Scarabaeides deperditus
TM 6389(90), 12557(8), 12559(60)
Nepa primordialis Germar 1839
6 specimens
recombined as Mesonepa primordialis
TM 6465; TM 15333(15334), 15338, 15336, 15335, 15337 in Meunier 1897
Insecta - Chresmodidae
Pygolampis gigantea Germar 1839
9 specimens
synonym of Chresmoda obscura
TM 15347, 15346(5), 15343(4), 15339(15340), 15341(2), 15348(9) in Meunier 1897 (probably not Weyenbergh specimens)
Propygolampis bronni n. gen., n. sp. Weyenbergh 1874
Weyenbergh 1874 1 specimen
synonym of Chresmoda obscura
TM 12571(2) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae
Gryllites dubius Germar 1842
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Grylloides
TM 6464
Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Acheta quaerula n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
synonym of Panorpidium lithophila
TM 6470, 6479
Insecta - Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae
Locusta speciosa Germar 1839
3 specimens
recombined as Pycnophlebia speciosa
TM 6436, 6385, 6419
Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Phaneroptera germari Münster 1842
3 specimens
recombined as Locustopsis germari
TM 6401, 6417, 6446(7)
Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae
Musca lithophila Germar 1839
5 specimens
recombined as Lithoblatta lithophila
TM 6427, 6428, 6399, 6511, 6400
Apiaria veterana n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
synonym of Lithoblatta lithophila
TM 6480
Bombus conservatus n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
synonym of Lithoblatta lithophila
TM 6460
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pseudosiricidae
Rhipidorhabdus schroeteri Germar 1839
Meunier 1897 2 specimens
recombined as Myrmicium schroeteri
TM 15395, 15396(7)
Pseudosirex darwini n. sp. Weyenbergh 1873
Weyenbergh 1873 1 specimen
synonym of Myrmicium schroeteri
TM 12570 (2 measurements)
Sphinx snelleni n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
synonym of Myrmicium schroeteri
"caterpillar" TM 6523 tentatively assigned by Weyenbergh does not belong to this species (2 measurements)
Rhipidorhabdus minimus Oppenheim 1885
Meunier 1897 3 specimens
synonym of Myrmicium schroeteri
TM 15399, 15400, 15401
Cryptocephalus mesozoicus n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
4 specimens
recombined as Apiaria mesozoica
TM 6493, 6588, 6526, 6597 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Neuroptera
Myrmeleon extinctus n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
recombined as Pseudomyrmeleon extinctus
TM 6435 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Osmylopsychopidae
Brongniartiella inconditissimi n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
Handlirsch 1906 1 specimen
Cyrtophyllites rogeri in Meunier, 1898 (pl 9, fig 17) (1 measurement)
Ricania gigas n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
TM 6448 (1 measurement)
    = Brongniartiella problematica n. gen., n. sp. Meunier 1897
Meunier 1897
synonym of Brongniartiella gigas
TM 15411 (counterpart of TM 6448)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Nymphidae
Hemerobius priscus n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
recombined as Nymphites priscus
TM 10335(10336) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Cassida aequivoca n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
2 specimens
recombined as Scaphidiopsis aequivoca
TM 6461, 6509
Scaphidium hageni n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
recombined as Scaphidiopsis hageni
TM 6543(4) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cicindelidae
Opsis bavarica n. gen., n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
Handlirsch 1906 1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera
Procalosoma giardi Meunier 1895
Meunier 1897 1 specimen
TM 15350 (1 measurement)
    = Procalosoma major n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
Handlirsch 1906
Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae
Oryctes pluto n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
synonym of Pseudohydrophilus avitus
TM 6418 (1 measurement)
Palaeobelostoma hartingi n. gen., n. sp. Meunier 1896
Meunier 1896 2 specimens
synonym of Pseudohydrophilus avitus
TM 13296, 13297
Buprestis lapidelythris n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
2 specimens
synonym of Ditomoptera dubia
TM 6445, 6364
Cetonia defossa n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
3 specimens
recombined as Ditomoptera defossa
TM 6426, 6429, 6368
Insecta - Coleoptera - Phoroschizidae
Elater grossus n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
recombined as Malmelater grossum
TM 6512 (1 measurement)
Elater costeri n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
recombined as Malmelater costeri
TM 6525 (2 measurements)
Elater teyleri n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
recombined as Malmelater teyleri
TM 6425 (1 measurement)
Lacon petrosum n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
synonym of Malmelater teyleri
TM 6420
Insecta - Coleoptera
Gyrinus jurassicus n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
recombined as Microcoleopteron jurassicum
TM 6515 (1 measurement)
Coccinella heydeni n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
recombined as Microcoleopteron heydeni
TM 6516 (1 measurement)
Chrysomela lithographica n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
9 specimens
recombined as Microcoleopteron lithographicum
TM 6557, 6598, 6585, 6593(4), 6592, 6558(9), 6483, 6520, 6513 (1 measurement)
Cryptocephalus antiquus n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
2 specimens
recombined as Coleopteron antiquus
TM 6524, 6591
Chrysomela rara n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
recombined as Chrysomelophana rara
TM 6506 (1 measurement)
Hister relictus n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
recombined as Pseudotenebrio relictus
TM 6589(90) (1 measurement)
Tenebrio innominatus n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
recombined as Pseudotenebrio innominatus
TM 6597 (2 measurements)
Insecta
Cicada proserpina n. sp. Weyenbergh 1874
Weyenbergh 1874 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Insecta
TM 6528
Forficularia problematica n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
6 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Insecta
TM 6472, 6377(8), 6517(8), 6430, 6458(9), 6475
? Tipularia teyleri n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Insecta
TM 6529 (2 measurements)
Ephemera meyeri n. sp. Weyenbergh 1874
Weyenbergh 1874 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Insecta
TM 6462
Carabus winkleri n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Insecta
TM 6373(4)
Phaneroptera striata n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Insecta
TM 6582
Corixa mortua n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Insecta
TM 6369(6370)
Blattaria dunckeri n. sp. Weyenbergh 1874
Weyenbergh 1874 2 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Insecta
TM 6505, 6504
Saperdites cristallosus n. sp. Weyenbergh 1874
Weyenbergh 1874 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Insecta
TM 6367
Cercopis prisca n. sp. Weyenbergh 1874
Weyenbergh 1874 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Insecta
TM 6560
Hydroporus petefractus n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Insecta
TM 6496
Chrysopa solenhofensis n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
2 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Insecta
TM 6468, 6469
Meloe bavaricus n. sp. Weyenbergh 1874
Weyenbergh 1874 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Insecta
TM 6444
Insecta - Diptera
Empidia wulpi n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
1 specimen
TM 6406 (1 measurement)
Insecta
Hemerobius fossilis n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
2 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Insecta
TM 6538(9), 6569
Leptura primigenia n. sp. Weyenbergh 1869
3 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Insecta
TM 6489, 6578, 6572
unclassified
Velia cornuta n. sp. Weyenbergh 1874
Weyenbergh 1874 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Pseudofossil
TM 6498(7)
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bayern
Coordinates: 48.9° North, 11.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.1° North, 19.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
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:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,gray lithified lime mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Teyler Museum, Haarlem
Metadata
Database number:123906
Authorizer:M. Clapham, R. Benson, A. Dunhill Enterer:J. Karr, M. Clapham, R. Benson, B. Allen
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate,paleoentomology,vertebrate
Created:2012-02-02 03:45:21 Last modified:2020-08-23 11:07:54
Access level:the public Released:2012-02-02 03:45:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
39888. H. Weyenbergh. 1869. Sur les Insectes fossiles du Calcaire Lithographique de la Bavière, qui se trouvent au Musée Teyler. Archives de Musée Teyler 2:1-48 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Karr]

Secondary references:

67907 M. Cocude-Michel. 1963. Les Rhynchocéphales et les Sauriens des Calcaires lithographiques (Jurassique supérieur) d’Europe occidentale. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Lyon 7:1-187 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
52877 G. Demoulin. 1955. Contribution a l'étude morphologique, systématique et phylogénique des éphéméroptère Jurassique d'Europe centrale. II - Paedephemeridae. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 31(55):1-10 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
52876 G. Demoulin. 1955. Contribution a l'étude morphologique, systématique et phylogénique des éphéméroptères Jurassiques d'Europe centrale. I - Mesephemeridae. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 31(39):1-14 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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]
44045 E. S. Gaffney. 1975. Solnhofia parsonsi, a new cryptodiran turtle from the Late Jurassic of Europe. American Museum Novitates 2576:1-22 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
35209 A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
8345ETE A. Handlirsch. 1907. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts V-VII. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 641-1120 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/M. Clapham]
5098 F. Meunier. 1896. Les agrionides fossiles des Musées de Munich et de Haarlem. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 65:30-35 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
52478 F. Meunier. 1896. Les Belostoma fossiles des Musées du Munich et de Haarlem. Memoires de la Société Zoologique de France 9:91-100 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
49765 F. Meunier. 1897. Revue critique de quelques insectes fossiles du Musée Teyler. Archives du Musée Teyler 5:217-239 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44042 T. S. Parsons and E. E. Williams. 1961. Two Jurassic turtle skulls: a morphological study. Bulletin of the Museum of COmparative Zoology 125(3):43-107 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
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]
49763 H. Weyenbergh. 1873. Notes sur quelques insectes du calcaire jurassique de la Bavière. Archives de Musée Teyler 3:234-240 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50888 H. Weyenbergh. 1874. Varia zoologica et palaeontologica. Periódico Zoológico: Organo de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 1:77-111 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]