Monheim (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Bayern, Germany (48.8° N, 10.9° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 19.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Solnhofen Formation, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: J. Fabre. 1981. Les rhynchocephales et les pterosauriens a crete parietale du Kimeridgien superieur-Berriasien d'Europe occidentale: le gisement de Canjuers (Var-France) et ses abords. 1-188 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 181426: authorized by Paul Barrett, entered by Terri Cleary on 14.09.2016

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Eosuchia - Sphenodontidae
Leptosaurus neptunius n. sp. Goldfuss 1831 lepidosaur
"Collection de Bonn ? (no1305)" (holotype), partial skull; possibly three more specimens (reference unclear): SMF R 4108, partial skeleton; Berlin collection no. RHY 1, partial skeleton; "Specimen du Grande Seminaire d'Eichstatt", partial skeleton