Workerszell, Eichstätt (Jurassic of Germany)

Also known as Eichstatt, Schernfeld

Where: Bayern, Germany (48.9° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 19.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by X. Frey in 1951

• discovered in March 1951 by Xavier Frey

Primary reference: F. X. Mayr. 1973. Ein neuer Archaeopteryx-Fund [A new Archaeopteryx find]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 47(1/2):17-24 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 53039: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.09.2005, edited by Jonathan Tennant, Richard Butler, Bethany Allen, Grace Varnham and Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Reptilia
 Theropoda -
"Archaeopteryx recurva n. sp." = Jurapteryx recurva5
"Archaeopteryx recurva n. sp." = Jurapteryx recurva5 Howgate 1984 avialan
Eichstätt specimen; JM 2257
 Pterosauria -
Germanodactylus cristatus2 Wiman 1925 pterosaur
 Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Metriorhynchinae indet.4 Buchy 2008 marine crocodile
Rhacheosaurus gracilis6 Meyer 1831 marine crocodile
NHM R.3948
Cricosaurus "Solnhofen sp."6 Wagner 1858 marine crocodile
NHM 37006
Dakosaurus maximus4 Plieninger 1846 marine crocodile
 Squamata -
Ardeosaurus brevipes3 Meyer 1909 squamates