Solnhofen (Uppsala Collection): Early/Lower Tithonian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Rhamphorhynchidae
Pterodactylus longicaudus Münster 1839
1 specimen
synonym of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri
Pal Museum Uppsala 150
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bavaria
Coordinates: 48.9° North, 11.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.1° North, 19.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Tithonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 6
*Period:Late/Upper Jurassic *Local age/stage:Early/Lower Tithonian
Key time interval:Early/Lower Tithonian
Age range of interval:150.80000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Solnhofen Member:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Lithographic limestone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,gray lithified lime mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal Tectonic setting:non-subsiding area
Geology comments: Tectonically inactive area.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Articulated whole bodies:all
Associated major elements:all
Disassociated major elements:none
Disassociated minor elements:none
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:29012
Authorizer:C. Labandeira, R. Butler Enterer:A. Spencer-Lee, R. Butler
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-03-13 07:14:15 Last modified:2020-08-23 12:02:59
Access level:the public Released:2003-03-13 07:14:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

32121. P. Wellnhofer. 1975. Die Rhamphorhynchoidea (Pterosauria) der Oberjura-Plattenkalke Süddeutschlands, Teil II, Systematische Beschreibung. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 148:132-186 [R. Butler/R. Butler]