Where: Bayern, Germany (48.9° N, 11.0° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 32.0° N, 23.8° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hybonoticeras hybonotum ammonoid zone, Solnhofen Formation, Early/Lower Tithonian (149.2 - 145.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: O. Jaekel. 1929. Die Spur eines neuen Urvogels (Protornis bavarica) und deren Bedeutung für due Urgeschichte der Vögel [The remains of a new primitive bird (Protornis bavarica) and its importance for the origin of birds]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 11:201-239 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 190291: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.12.2017
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
"Ornichnites caudatus n. gen. n. sp." = Kouphichnium lithographicum, "Hypornithes jurassica n. gen. n. sp." = Kouphichnium lithographicum
"Ornichnites caudatus n. gen. n. sp." = Kouphichnium lithographicum Oppel 1862
"Hypornithes jurassica n. gen. n. sp." = Kouphichnium lithographicum Oppel 1862 |