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[edit] Table key

Color Explanation

Light grey

A "regular" taxon which the scientific consensus does not regard as a dubious, synonymous, undescribed, or otherwise taxonomically questionable name.

Dark grey

A taxon or parataxon that is misidentified, dubious, synonymous, undescribed, or otherwise taxonomically questionable name.

Peach

An ichnotaxon, a parataxon representing a specific kind of trace fossil.

Light blue

An ootaxon, a parataxon representing a specific kind of fossil egg.

Light green

A morphotaxon, a parataxon representing a single stage or anatomical part of a plant or plant-like organism. Examples include fossil pine cones, fungal spores, and leaves.

[edit] Chondrostei

Name Species Presence Notes

Coccolepis[1]

C. bucklandi[1]

[edit] Halecostomi

[edit] Semionotidae

Name Species Presence Notes Images

Lepidotes[2]

L. decoratus[2]
Lepidotes maximus
Lepidotes notopterus

L. intermedius[2]

L. maximus[2]

L. notopterus[2]

L. oblongus[2]

L. pustulosus[2]

L. subovatus[2]

L. unguiculatus[2]

[edit] Macrosemiidae

Name Species Presence Notes Images

Histionotus[3]

H. oberndorferi[3]
Propterus

Macrosemius[3]

M. rostratus[3]

Notagogus[3]

N. decoratus[3]

N. denticulatus

Propterus[3]

P. elongatus[3]

P. microstomus[3]

Eusemius[3]

E. beatae[3]

[edit] Pycnodontiformes

Name Species Presence Notes Images

Eomesodon[4]

E. gibbosus[4]
Gyrodus circularis
Gyrodus hexagonus
Mesturus verrucosus

Gyrodus[4]

G. circularis[4]

G. hexagonus[4]

Mesturus[4]

M. verrucosus[4]

Macromesodon[4]

M. heckeli[4]

M. macropterus[4]

Proscinetes[4]

P. elegans[4]

P. formosus[4]

[edit] Pachycormidae

Name Species Presence Notes Images

Asthenocormus[5]

A. titanius[5]
Hypsocormus

Hypsocormus[5]

H. insignis[5]

H. macrodon[5]

Orthocormus[5]

O. cornutus[5]

Pseudoasthenocormus[6]

P. retrodorsalis[6]

Sauropsis[5]

S. depressus[5]

S. longimanus[5]

[edit] Others

Name Species Presence Notes Images

Heterostrophus[7]

H. latus[7]

[edit] Halecomorphi

[edit] Caturidae

Name Species Presence Notes Images

Amblysemius[8]

A. bellicianus[8]

A. pachyurus[8]

Caturus[8]

C. furcatus[8]

C. giganteus[8]

Liodesmus[8]

L. gracilis[8]

L. sprattiformis[8]

[edit] Ionoscopidae

Name Species Presence Notes Images

Ionoscopus[9]

I. cyprinoides[9]

I. esocinus[9]

I. münsteri[9]

I. striatissimus[9]

[edit] Furidae

Name Species Presence Notes Images

Furo[10]

F. angustus[10]

F. latimanus[10]

F. longiserratus[10]

F. microlepidotes[10]

F. microlepidotes[10]

[edit] Other halecomorphs

Name Species Presence Notes Images

Amiopsis[11]

A. lepidota[11]

Amiid.[11]
Ophiopsis

Ophiopsis[11]

O. attenuta[11]

O. procera[11]

Solnhofenamia[11]

S. elongata[11]

Amiid.[11]

[edit] Halecomorphi incertae cedis

Name Species Presence Notes Images

Brachyichthys[12]

B. radiato-punctatus[12]

B typicus[12]

Callopterus[12]

C. agassizzi[12]

Lophiurus[12]

L. minutus[12]

[edit] Teleostei

[edit] Pleuropholidae

Name Species Presence Notes Images

Pleuropholis[13]

P. laevissima[13]

P. pompecki[13]

P. wagneri[13]

[edit] Aspidorhynchidae

Name Species Presence Notes Images

Aspidorhynchus[14]

A. acutirostris[14]
Aspidorhynchus

Belonostomus[14]

B. münsteri[14]

B. tenuirostris[14]

[edit] Pholidophoridae

Name Species Presence Notes Images

Ankylophorus[15]

Indeterminate.[15]
Pholidophorus

Eurycormus[15]

E. speciosus[15]

Pholidophoristion[15]

P. micronyx[15]

P. ovatus[15]

Pholidophorus[15]

P. armatus[15]

P. diagonalis[15]

P. falcifer[15]

P. macrocephalus[15]

P. microps[15]

P. sculptus[15]

[edit] Allothrissopidae

Name Species Presence Notes Images

Allothrissops[16]

A. mesogaster[16]
[[Pachythrissops]]
Thrissops

A. salmoneus[16]

Pachythrissops[16]

P. propterus[16]

Thrissops[16]

T. formosus[16]

T. subovatus[16]

[edit] Orthogonikleithridae

Name Species Presence Notes Images

Leptolepides[17]

L. haerteisi[17]

L. sprattiformis[17]

Orthogonikleithrus[17]

O. hoelli[17]

O. leichi[17]

[edit] Anaethalionidae

Name Species Presence Notes Images

Anaethalion[18]

A. angustissimus[18]

A. angustus[18]

A. knorri[18]

A. subovatus[18]

[edit] Others

Name Species Presence Notes Images

Ascalabos[19]

A. voithii[19]
Living Elops individual.

Daitingichthys[19]

D. tischlingeri[19]

Eichstättia[19]

E. mayri[19]

Elops[19]

cf. E. sp. 1[19]

cf. E. sp. 2[19]

cf. E. sp. 3[19]

Tharsis[19]

T. dubius[19]

Tischlingerichtys[19]

T. viohli[19]

[edit] Reptiles

[edit] Dinosaurs (including birds)

Possible dinosaur eggs have been located in Bayern, Germany.[20]

Name Species Presence Notes Images

Archaeopteryx[20]

A. bavarica[20]
  1. Geographically located in Bayern, Germany.[20]
  2. Geographically located in Bayern, Germany.[20]
Archaeopteryx
Compsognathus

A. lithographica[20]

Compsognathus[20]

C. longipes[20]
  1. Geographically located in Bayern, Germany.[20]

Wellnhoferia
  1. W. grandis
  1. Geographically located in Bayern, Germany.[20]

[edit] Pterosaurs

Name Species Presence Notes Images

Germanodactylus

G. cristatus
Pterodactylus kochi
Rhamphorhynchus muensteri

Pterodactylus

P. antiquus
  • The Solnhofen species "P." crassirostris, was given its own genus, Scaphognathus.[21]

P. grandis

P. kochi

P. longicollum

P. micronyx

Rhamphorhynchus

R. muensteri

Scaphognathus[21]

S. crassirostris[21]
  1. Only two specimens have been recovered from the formation.[21] The first was found in Eichstatt, the second in Mulheim.[21]
  • A Solnhofen genus erected in 1861 by J. A. Wagner when he recognized the rhamphorhynchoid nature of "Pterodactylus" crassirostris after the discovery of a specimen with a preserved tail.[21] The Solnhofen Limestone is the only known source of Scaphognathus fossils.[21]
  1. S. crassirostris was originally named P. crassirostris in 1831 by August Goldfuss who mistook the tailless specimen for a new Pterodactylus species.[21]

[edit] Invertrebrate paleofauna

[edit] Crinoids

Crinoids of the Solnhofen Formation
Taxa Presence Notes Images
  1. S. [22]

Saccocoma remains are the most common macroscopic fossils in the Solnhofen limestone.[22]
Saccocoma alpina

[edit] References

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b "Table 1; Chondrostei; Coccolepidae" in Lambers (1999) pg. 216.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Table 1; Halecostomi; Semionotidae" in Lambers (1999) pg. 216.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Table 1; Halecostomi; Macrosemiidae" in Lambers (1999) pg. 216.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Table 1; Halecostomi; Pycnodontiformes" in Lambers (1999) pg. 216.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Table 1; Halecostomi; Pachycormidae" in Lambers (1999) pg. 216.
  6. ^ a b Note: Lambers abbreviated Pseudoasthenocormus as "Pseudoasth.," "Table 1; Halecostomi; Pachycormidae" in Lambers (1999) pg. 216.
  7. ^ a b "Table 1; Halecostomi; 'Halecostomi inc. sed.'" in Lambers (1999) pg. 216.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Table 1; Halecomorphi; Caturidae" in Lambers (1999) pg. 216.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Table 1; Halecomorphi; Ionoscopidae" in Lambers (1999) pg. 216.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "Table 1; Halecomorphi; Furidae" in Lambers (1999) pg. 216.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Table 1; Halecomorphi; 'Amiidae' and 'Ophiopsidae'" in Lambers (1999) pg. 216.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g "Table 1; Halecomorphi; Halecomorphi incertae cedis" in Lambers (1999) pg. 216.
  13. ^ a b c d "Table 1; Teleostei; Pleuropholidae" in Lambers (1999) pg. 216.
  14. ^ a b c d e "Table 1; Teleostei; Aspidorhynchidae" in Lambers (1999) pg. 216.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Table 1; Teleostei; Pholidophoridae" in Lambers (1999) pg. 216.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h "Table 1; Teleostei; Allothrissopidae" in Lambers (1999) pg. 216.
  17. ^ a b c d e f "Table 1; Teleostei; Orthogonikleithridae" in Lambers (1999) pg. 216.
  18. ^ a b c d e "Table 1; Teleostei; Anaethalionidae" in Lambers (1999) pg. 216.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Table 1; Teleostei; 'Elopidae,' 'Ostariophysi,' 'Clupeocephala inc. sed.,' 'Elopocephala inc. sed.,' and 'Teleostei inc. sed'" in Lambers (1999) pg. 216.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Jurassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 545–549. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  21. ^ a b c d e f g h "Scaphognathus." In: Cranfield, Ingrid (ed.). The Illustrated Directory of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures. London: Salamander Books, Ltd. Pp. 308-309.
  22. ^ a b c Clare V. Milsom. (1994) Saccacoma, a benthic crinoid from the Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone, Germany. Palaeontology 37 (1) 121-129.

[edit] General

  • Lambers, P. H. (1999). The actinopterygian fish fauna of the Late Kimmeridgian and Early Tithonian 'Plattenkalke' near Solnhofen (Bavaria, Germany): state of the art. Geologie en Mijnbouw 78:215-229.
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