PBDB Collection

Solnhofen (MCZ coll): Early/Lower Tithonian, Germany

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Reptilia

	Germanodactylus rhamphastinus (Wagner 1851)	Bennett 2006	1 individual
	MCZ 1886
Insecta - Chresmodidae

	Chresmoda obscura Germar 1839	Carpenter 1932	13 specimens
	MCZ 6105
Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae

	Lithoblatta lithophila (Germar 1839)	Carpenter 1932	20 specimens
Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae

	Conocephalites capito (Deichmüller 1886)	Carpenter 1932	1 specimen
	recombined as Conocephalella capito
Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

	Elcana lithophila (Germar 1842)	Carpenter 1932	2 specimens
	recombined as Panorpidium lithophila

	Elcana phyllophora Handlirsch 1906	Carpenter 1932	4 specimens
	recombined as Panorpidium phyllophora
Insecta - Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae

	Pycnophlebia speciosa (Germar 1839)	Carpenter 1932	9 specimens
	MCZ 6099

	Pycnophlebia minor Handlirsch 1906	Carpenter 1932	2 specimens
	MCZ 5128, 5129
Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

	Pyrochroophana brevipes (Deichmüller 1886)	Carpenter 1932
	recombined as Omma brevipes
Insecta - Coleoptera - Phoroschizidae

	Malmelater costeri (Weyenbergh 1869)	Carpenter 1932
Insecta - Coleoptera

	Procalosoma major Handlirsch 1906	Carpenter 1932
Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae

	Ditomorptera minor (Deichmüller 1886)	Carpenter 1932
	recombined as Ditomoptera minor

	Ditomorptera dubia (Germar 1839)	Carpenter 1932
	original and current combination Ditomoptera dubia

	Actea sphinx Münster 1842	Carpenter 1932

	Pseudohydrophilus avitus (von Heyden 1847)	Carpenter 1932
Insecta - Neuroptera

	Osmylites protogaeus (Hagen 1862)	Carpenter 1932	1 specimen
	synonym of Osmylites excelsa
Insecta - Neuroptera - Nymphidae

	Mesonymphes hageni n. gen., n. sp. Carpenter 1929	Carpenter 1929	1 specimen
	MCZ 1999; Nymphes fossilis of Hagen 1862 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Mesochrysopidae

	Termes heros n. sp. Hagen 1862		2 specimens
	recombined as Mesotermes heros
	MCZ 1996 (3 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera

	Archegetes neuropterorum Handlirsch 1906	Carpenter 1932	1 specimen
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pseudosiricidae

	Pseudosirex schroeteri (Germar 1839)	Carpenter 1932	31 specimens
	recombined as Myrmicium schroeteri
Insecta - Hemiptera - Notonectidae

	Notonectites elterleini (Deichmüller 1886)	Carpenter 1932	1 specimen
	MCZ 6151
Insecta - Hemiptera - Naucoridae

	Sphaerodermopsis jurassica (Oppenheim 1888)	Carpenter 1932
	recombined as Sphaerodemopsis jurassica
Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae

	Mesobelostomum deperditum (Germar 1839)	Carpenter 1932	19 specimens
	original and current combination Scarabaeides deperditus

	Mesonepa primordialis (Germar 1839)	Carpenter 1932	3 specimens

	Mesonepa minor Handlirsch 1906	Carpenter 1932	5 specimens
Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeontinidae

	Eocicada microcephala Oppenheim 1888	Carpenter 1932	1 specimen

	Archepsyche eichstattensis (Handlirsch 1906)	Carpenter 1932	2 specimens
	original and current combination Archipsyche eichstattensis

	Limacodites mesozoicus Handlirsch 1906	Carpenter 1932	3 specimens
	synonym of Archipsyche eichstattensis
Insecta - Tarsophlebiidae

	Tarsophlebia eximia (Hagen 1862)	Hagen 1866	21 specimens
	MCZ 6216-6227 (likely includes Krantz 10, 11, 23/25, 46/37, 47, 52, 56/57, 66, 80, 81

	Tarsophlebia minor n. sp. Fleck et al. 2004	Fleck et al. 2004	1 specimen
	MCZ 55 (collected by Dr. Krantz) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Aeschnidiidae

	Urogomphus giganteus (Germar 1839)	Carpenter 1932	1 specimen
	MCZ 6192 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Mesuropetalidae

	Aeschnopsis perkinsi n. sp. Bechly et al. 2001	Bechly et al. 2001	3 specimens
	MCZ 6180/6181, 6197, 6198 (2 measurements)

	Mesuropetala muensteri (Germar 1839)	Bechly et al. 2001	5 specimens
	MCZ 6204, 6296, 6194, two unlabelled

	Protolindenia koehleri (Hagen 1848)	Carpenter 1932	1 specimen
	synonym of Mesuropetala muensteri
	MCZ 6194, 1998; 6203 in Nel et al., 1998 (4 measurements)
Insecta - Odonata - Cymatophlebiidae

	Cymatophlebia pumilio n. sp. Bechly et al. 2001	Bechly et al. 2001	2 specimens
	MCZ 6234(5), unnumbered specimen (labelled coll. Haberlein) (3 measurements)

	Cymatophlebia kuempeli Bechly et al. 2001	Bechly et al. 2001	1 specimen
	Possibly lost unnumbered specimen

	Cymatophlebia longialata (Germar 1839)	Carpenter 1932	14 specimens
	MCZ 5898, 6248, 6249, 6250(1), 6252, 6254(5), 6256(7), 6258, 6 unnumbered (2 measurements)
Insecta - Odonata - Eumorbaeschnidae

	Morbaeschna muensteri (Germar 1839)	Needham 1907	1 specimen
	(2 measurements)
	= Eumorbaeschna jurassica Carpenter 1932	Bechly et al. 2001
	MCZ 6240(6241)

	Eumorbaeschna jurassica (Carpenter 1932)	Carpenter 1932	3 specimens
	MCZ 6193(6275); 6231, and unnumbered (in Bechly et al., 2001) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Odonata - Juracorduliidae

	Juracordulia schiemenzi n. gen., n. sp. Bechly 1998	Bechly 1998	1 specimen
	MCZ 5911 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Odonata - Nannogomphidae

	Nannogomphus bavaricus Handlirsch 1906	Carpenter 1932	5 specimens
Insecta - Odonata - Protolindeniidae

	Protolindenia wittei (Giebel 1860)	Carpenter 1932	21 specimens
	MCZ 6182, 6184, 6185, 6195, 6196, 6232(3), 6262, 6266, 6267, 6273(4), and four others
Insecta - Odonata - Aktassiidae

	Aeschnogomphus intermedius (Munster 1839)	Carpenter 1932	1 specimen
	MCZ 1997

	Anax buchi (Hagen 1848)	Hagen 1866	1 specimen
	recombined as Cordulegaster buchi
	MCZ 6177 (Krantz 22 in Hagen, 1866) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Odonata - Prostenophlebiidae

	Prostenophlebia jurassica Nel and Martínez-Delclòs 1993	Fleck et al. 2003	1 specimen
	MCZ MC7 (Carpenter coll.) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Stenophlebiidae

	Heterophlebia phryne n. sp. Hagen 1862		5 specimens
	recombined as Stenophlebia phryne
	MCZ 6212 (possibly includes Krantz 21, 34, 51, 87)

	Stenophlebia amphitrite (Hagen 1862)	Carpenter 1932	2 specimens

	Stenophlebia latreillei (Germar 1839)	Carpenter 1932	11 specimens
	MCZ 6205, 6210, 6211, 6213, 6214, 6215

	Stenophlebia aequalis (Hagen 1862)	Hagen 1866	1 specimen
	synonym of Stenophlebia latreillei
	Krantz 86
Insecta - Odonata - Isophlebiidae

	Isophlebia aspasia n. sp. (Hagen 1862)	Hagen 1866	12 specimens
	MCZ 6186-6189 (likely includes Krantz 6, 7, 85
Insecta - Odonata - Sphenophlebiidae

	Euphaeopsis multinervis (Hagen 1862)	Fleck et al. 2001	1 specimen
	Unnumbered (labelled "Agrionin, coll. Haberlein") (6 measurements)
Insecta - Protomyrmeleontidae

	Malmagrion eichstattensis Hagen 1862	Carpenter 1932	1 specimen
Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Hexagenitidae

	Ephemera cellulosa n. sp. Hagen 1862		4 specimens
	recombined as Hexagenites cellulosus
	MCZ 6281ab (1 measurement)

	Ephemera mortua n. sp. Hagen 1862		1 specimen
	synonym of Hexagenites cellulosus
	MZ 6283 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Mesephemeridae

	Ephemera procera n. sp. Hagen 1862		4 specimens
	recombined as Mesephemera procera
	MCZ 6208 (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography

Country:	Germany	State/province:	Bavaria
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:	group of beds

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	planar lamination,gray lithified lime mudstone
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
Museum repositories:	MCZ
Collection method comments: "About half of the Harvard collection was secured from Krantz as far back as 1860, and was studied by Hagen; but many of the specimens have not been properly described. The other half of the collection was purchased from Haberlein about 1883…" Carpenter, 1932

Metadata

Database number:	122586
Authorizer:	M. Clapham	Enterer:	M. Clapham, J. Karr
Modifier:	M. Clapham	Research group:	paleoentomology
Created:	2012-01-03 14:44:30	Last modified:	2014-07-30 11:54:27
Access level:	the public	Released:	2012-01-03 14:44:30
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

35428.

H. A. Hagen. 1862. Ueber die Neuropteren aus dem lithographischen Schiefer in Bayern. Palaeontographica 10:96-145 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]

Secondary references:

35430		G. Bechly. 1998. Juracordulia schiemenzi gen. et. sp. nov., Eine neue Libelle aus den Solnhofener Plattenkalken (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). Archaeopteryx 16:29-36 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
35206		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]
61049		S. C. Bennett. 2006. Juvenile specimens of the pterosaur Germanodactylus cristatus, with a review of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(4):872-878 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
8347		F. M. Carpenter. 1929. A Jurassic neuropteran from the lithographic limestone of Bavaria. Psyche 36:190-194 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/A. Spencer-Lee]
8346	ETE	F. M. Carpenter. 1932. Jurassic insects from Solenhofen in the Carnegie Museum and the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Annals of Carnegie Museum 21:97-129 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/A. Spencer-Lee]
35239		G. Fleck, G. Bechly, X. Martinez-Delclos, E. Jarzembowski, R. Coram and A. Nel. 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Stenophlebioptera (Odonata: Epiproctophora). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 39(1):55-93 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
50897		H. Hagen. 1866. Die Neuroptera des lithographischen Schiefers in Bayern. Pars 1: Tarsophlebia, Isophlebia, Stenophlebia, Anax. Palaeontographica 15:57-96 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
38445		J. G. Needham. 1907. Supplemental descriptions of two new genera of Aeschninae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23:141-144 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
38253		A. Nel, G. Bechly, E. Jarzembowski and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 1998. A revision of the fossil petalurid dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera: Petalurida). Paleontologia Lombarda 10:1-68 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]