Blumenberg quarry, Eichstätt (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Bayern, Germany (49.0° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 19.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hybonoticeras hybonotum ammonoid zone, Altmühltal Formation (Weißjura Group), Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, soft parts

Collected by Häberlein in 1877

Collection methods: salvage, quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: O. Fraas. 1879. [Kralle (I. Phalanx) des Zanclodon laevis Plien.] [A claw (I. phalanx) of Zanclodon laevis Plien.]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 1879:863 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 53034: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.09.2005, edited by Richard Butler and Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
"Archaeopteryx siemensii n. sp." = Archaeopteryx lithographica2
"Archaeopteryx siemensii n. sp." = Archaeopteryx lithographica2 Meyer 1861 avialan
Berlin specimen
 Pterosauria - Rhamphorhynchidae
"Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus" = Rhamphorhynchus muensteri3, "Rhamphorhynchus cf. longicaudus" = Rhamphorhynchus muensteri3
"Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus" = Rhamphorhynchus muensteri3 Goldfuss 1831 pterosaur
"Exemplar 17"
"Rhamphorhynchus cf. longicaudus" = Rhamphorhynchus muensteri3 Goldfuss 1831 pterosaur
"Exemplar 20"
 Eosuchia - Pleurosauridae
Acrosaurus frischmanni1 Meyer 1854 lepidosaur