Solnhofen (SMNS collection): Early/Lower Tithonian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Diptera - Tipulidae
Tipunia intermedia n. gen., n. sp. Krzemiński and Ansorge 1995
1 specimen
SMNS 9633 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeontinidae
Prolystra lithographica Oppenheim 1888
Wang et al. 2010 1 specimen
SMNS no number (2 measurements)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Cimbrophlebiidae
Malmocimbrophlebia buergeri n. gen., n. sp. Bechly and Schweigart 2000
Bechly and Schweigart 2000 2 specimens
SMNS 63858; coll Peter Bürger (one remains in private collection) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Nannogomphidae
Nannogomphus buergeri n. sp. Bechly 2003
Bechly 2003 1 specimen
SMNS 65225 (Ex. Bürger collection) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Odonata - Cymatophlebiidae
Cymatophlebia longialata (Germar 1839)
Bechly et al. 2001 12 specimens
SMNS GB3, GB5, 64347 (old GB9), GB10, GB16, GB20, GB23, GB33, GB40, GB42, 64348 (old GB55), GB60
Insecta - Odonata - Aeschnidiidae
Urogomphus giganteus (Germar 1839)
Bechly 1998 1 specimen
SMNS Bechly (ex. Ludwig) coll. (2 measurements)
Urogomphus eximius (Hagen 1862)
Bechly 1998 2 specimens
synonym of Urogomphus giganteus
SMNS 63717, Bechly (ex. Ludwig) coll (later SMNS) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Steleopteridae
Euparasteleopteron viohli n. gen., n. sp. Fleck et al. 2001
Fleck et al. 2001 1 specimen
SMNS 64432 (2 measurements)
Parasteleopteron guischardi Fleck et al. 2001
Fleck et al. 2001 1 specimen
SMNS 64436 (old GB47)
Thylacocephala - Concavicarida - Clausocarididae
Clausocaris lithographica (Oppenheim 1888)
Haug et al. 2014 5 specimens
SMNS 69701, 70193/3 (70193/1, 2, 4 from unknown Solnhofen area)
Thylacocephala - Conchyliocarida - Dollocarididae
Mayrocaris bucculata Polz 1994
Haug et al. 2014 1 specimen
SMNS 70193/5
Cephalopoda - Octobrachia - Muensterellidae
Celaenoteuthis incerta Naef 1922
Fuchs et al. 2019
Engeseriteuthis aff. arcuatus Fuchs et al. 2019
Fuchs et al. 2019
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 48.9° North, 11.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.1° North, 19.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Tithonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Tithonian Ammonoid zone: Hybonoticeras hybonotum
Age range of interval:149.20000 - 146.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Solnhofen
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination lithified lime mudstone
Lithology description: Plattenkalk limestone
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:SMNS
Metadata
Database number:122880
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham, J. Karr
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate,paleoentomology
Created:2012-01-06 15:04:15 Last modified:2020-08-23 12:11:03
Access level:the public Released:2012-01-06 15:04:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
44691. W. Krzemiński and J. Ansorge. 1995. New Upper Jurassic Diptera (Limoniidae, Eoptychopteridae) from the Solnhofen Lithographie Limestone (Bavaria, Germany). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 221:1-7 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

37805 G. Bechly. 1998. A revision of the fossil dragonfly genus Urogomphus, with description of a new species (Insecta: Odonata: Pananisoptera: Aeschnidiidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 270:1-47 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
35194 G. Bechly. 2003. Description of a new species of Nannogomphus (Insecta: Odonata: Nannogomphidae) from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone in Germany. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 339:1-6 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
35206 G. Bechly, A. Nel, X. Martínez-Declòs, E. A. Jarzembowski, R. Coram, D. Martill, G. Fleck, F. Escuillié, M. M. Wisshak and M. Maisch. 2001. A revision and phylogenetic study of Mesozoic Aeshnoptera, with description of numerous new taxa (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). Neue Paläontologische Abhandlungen 4:1-219 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
8348ETE G. Bechly and G. Schweigart. 2000. The first fossil hanging flies (Insecta: Mecoptera: Raptipedia: Cimbrophlebiidae and Bittacidae) from the limestones of Solnhofen and Nusplingen (Upper Jurassic, Germany). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 287:1-18 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/M. Clapham]
69677 D. Fuchs, Y. Iba, A. Heyng, M. Iijima, C. Klug, N. L. Larson, and G. Schweigert. 2019. The Muensterelloidea: phylogeny and character evolution of Mesozoic stem octopods. Papers in Palaeontology 6:31-92 [R. Butler/E. Dunne/M. Clapham]
52479 C. Haug, D. E. G. Briggs, D. G. Mikulic, J. Kluessendorf, and J. T. Haug. 2014. The implications of a Silurian and other thylacocephalan crustaceans for the functional morphology and systematic affinities of the group. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14(159):1-15 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44862 B. Wang, H. C. Zhang, T. Wappler and J. Rust. 2010. Palaeontinidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha) from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Germany and their phylogenetic significance. Geological Magazine 147(4):570-580 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]