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
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"Archaeopteryx recurva n. sp." = Jurapteryx recurva5
"Archaeopteryx recurva n. sp." = Jurapteryx recurva5 Howgate 1984 avialan Eichstätt specimen; JM 2257
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Metriorhynchinae indet.4, Rhacheosaurus gracilis6, Cricosaurus "Solnhofen sp."6, Dakosaurus maximus4
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