Daiting (BSPG collection): Early/Lower Tithonian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Octobrachia - Muensterellidae
Muensterella spinosa n. sp. Fuchs et al. 2019
Fuchs et al. 2019
Listroteuthis conica (Wagner 1859)
Fuchs et al. 2019
Reptilia - Metriorhynchidae
Geosaurus grandis (Wagner 1858)
Andrade et al. 2010 1 specimen
BSPG AS I VI 1
Cricosaurus medius n. sp. Wagner 1858
Andrade et al. 2010 1 specimen
recombined as Geosaurus medius
lost holotype
Cricosaurus gracilis (Phillips 1871)
Wagner 1858
Cricosaurus elegans (Wagner 1852)
Andrade et al. 2010 1 specimen
BSPG AS I 504
Reptilia
Archaeopteryx albersdoerferi n. sp. Kundrát et al. 2019
Kundrát et al. 2019 1 individual
SNSB BSPG VN-2010/1
Ornithocephalus rhamphastinus n. sp. Wagner 1851
Bennett 2006 1 individual
recombined as Germanodactylus rhamphastinus
BSP AS.I.745
Reptilia - Pleurosauridae
Pleurosaurus goldfussi n. gen., n. sp. von Meyer 1831
Carroll and Wild 1994 2 specimens
Unnamed Meyer 1831 holotype, complete skeleton; BSPHGM 1978-1-7, fragmentary skull and skeleton
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bayern
Coordinates: 48.8° North, 10.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.0° North, 19.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
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:150.80000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Weißjura Formation:Mörnsheim
Stratigraphy comments: Mörnsheim Formation, early Tithonian–uppermost hybonotum Tethys ammonite zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified lime mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Greater SiO2 content than Solnhofen samples
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BSP
Metadata
Database number:132062
Authorizer:R. Benson, M. Clapham, P. Mannion, W. Kiessling, R. Butler, P. Barrett Enterer:R. Benson, J. Tennant, R. Butler, M. Clapham, T. Cleary, W. Kiessling
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2012-08-07 01:01:08 Last modified:2021-05-26 11:39:34
Access level:the public Released:2012-08-07 01:01:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

57860. H. von Meyer. 1831. [Pleurosaurus goldfussi.]. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 15:194-195 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/T. Cleary]

Secondary references:

43156 M. B. Andrade, M. T. Young, J. B. Desojo and S. L. Brusatte. 2010. The evolution of extreme hypercarnivory in Metriorhynchidae (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) based on evidence from microscopic denticle morphology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5):1451-1465 [M. Young/M. Young]
61049 S. C. Bennett. 2006. Juvenile specimens of the pterosaur Germanodactylus cristatus, with a review of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(4):872-878 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
43847 R. L. Carroll and R. Wild. 1994. Marine members of the Sphenodontia. In N. C. Fraser, H.-D. Sues (eds.), In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 70-83 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
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]
67226 M. Kundrát, J. Nudds, and B. P. Kear, J., and P. Ahlberg. 2019. The first specimen of Archaeopteryx from the Upper Jurassic Mörnsheim Formation of Germany. Historical Biology 31(1):3-63 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]
49839 A. Wagner. 1858. Zur Kenntniss der Sauier aus den lithographischen Schiefen. Abhandlungen der Mathemat-Physikalischen Classe der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 8:415-528 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/J. Tennant]