Paleobiota of the Solnhofen Limestone Fossil-bearing formation in Germany
The Solnhofen Limestone or Solnhofen Plattenkalk is a collective term for multiple Late Jurassic lithographic limestones in southeastern Germany , which is famous for its well preserved fossil flora and fauna dating to the late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian -Tithonian ). The paleoenvironment is also often referred to as the Solnhofen Archipelago. The Solnhofen Archipelago was located at the northern edge of the Tethys Ocean as part of a shallow epicontinental sea and is firmly a part of the Mediterranean realm .[ 3]
Chondrichthyes
Color key
Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text ; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Holocephali
Elasmobranchii
Neoselachii
Batomorphii
Other
Osteognathostomata
Color key
Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text ; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Chondostrei
Genus
Species
Locality
Formation
Material
Notes
Images
Arduafrons [ 10]
A. prominoris
Blumenberg, Wintershof, Painten
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation
Several complete specimens
Apomesodon [ 11]
A. comosus
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A. sp
Eichstätt, Painten
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation
Eomesodon [ 12]
E. gibbosus [ 12]
Blumenberg, Wintershof, Painten
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation
Several complete specimens
Gyrodus [ 12]
G. circularis [ 12]
Eichstätt, Painten
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation
Dozens of complete specimens
G. hexagonus [ 12]
Solnhofen, Eichstätt, Painten, Schamhaupten, Brunn
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation
Dozens of complete specimens
Mesturus [ 12]
M. verrucosus [ 12]
Eichstätt, Painten
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation
Several complete specimens
Macromesodon [ 12]
M. heckeli [ 12]
M. macropterus [ 12]
Kelheim
Torleite Formation
Piranhamesodon [ 13]
P. pinnatomus [ 13]
Ettling
Singular partial skeleton
Proscinetes [ 12]
P. elegans [ 12]
Eichstätt. Ettling
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation
Dozens of complete specimens
P. formosus [ 12]
P. bernardi [ 14]
Schamhaupten, Ettling, Painten
Torleite Formation
Several complete specimens
Turbomesodon [ 15]
T. relegans
Eichstätt, Ettling
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation
Turboscinetes [ 14]
T. egertoni
Ettling
Thiollierepycnodus [ 16]
T. wagneri
Wattendorf
Torleite Formation
Ginglymodi
Genus
Species
Locality
Formation
Material
Notes
Images
"Lepidotes "[ 17]
"L." decoratus
"L." intermedius
"L." oblongus
"L." pustulosus
"L." subovatus
"L." unguiculatus
Scheenstia [ 18]
S. maximus [ 18]
S. decoratus
S. zappi [ 19]
Schamhaupten
Torleite Formation
Single almost complete specimen
Macrosemiidae
Genus
Species
Locality
Formation
Material
Notes
Images
Histionotus [ 21]
H. oberndorferi [ 21]
Kelheim
Torleite Formation
Two incomplete specimens
Macrosemius [ 21]
M. rostratus [ 21]
Eichstätt, Solnhofen, Painten
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation
Dozens of complete specimens
M. fourneti
Brunn
Torleite Formation
One complete specimen
Notagogus [ 21]
N. decoratus [ 21]
N. denticulatus
Eichstätt, Schamhaupten, Painten, Brunn, Ettling?
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation
Dozens of complete specimens
Palaeomacrosemius [ 22]
P. thiollieri
Eichstätt, Solnhofen, Ettling
Altmühltal Formation
Several complete specimens
Propterus [ 21]
P. elongatus [ 21]
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
Several complete specimens
P. microstomus [ 21]
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
Several complete specimens
Eusemius ?[ 21]
E. beatae [ 21]
Voelklichthys [ 23]
V. comitatus
Painten
Torleite Formation
Singular specimen
Halecomorphi
Ionoscopidae
Genus
Species
Locality
Formation
Material
Notes
Images
Ainia [ 25]
A. agassizi
Brunn
Torleite Formation
Altmuehlfuro [ 26]
A. boomerang
Brachyichthys [ 27]
B. radiato-puncatus
B. typicus
Ionoscopus [ 27]
I. cyprinoides [ 27]
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
I. desori
Zandt
Torleite Formation
I. esocinus [ 27]
I. münsteri [ 27]
I. striatissimus [ 27]
"Furo "[ 28]
"F." angustus
Solnhofen, Schamhaupten, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation
"F." longiserratus
Eichstätt, Solnhofen, Kelheim, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation
"F." latimanus
Solnhofen, Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
Ophiopsis [ 29]
O. muensteri
Kelheim, Brunn, Ettling
Ophiopsiella [ 29]
O. attenuata
O. breviceps
O. procera
Schernfeldfuro [ 28]
S. uweelleri
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
Zandtfuro [ 28]
Z. tischlingeri
Zandt
Torleite Formation
Pleuropholidae
Pachycormidae
Aspidorhynchidae
Genus
Species
Locality
Formation
Material
Notes
Images
Aspidorhynchus [ 37]
A. acutirostris [ 37]
Eichstätt, Zandt, Painten
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation
A. ornatissimus
A. sanzenbacheri
Ettling, Painten?
Torleite Formation
Belonostomus [ 37]
B. kochi
Kelheim, Ettling
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation ?
B. muensteri [ 37]
Daiting, Mühlheim, Solnhofen, Langenaltheim, Zandt, Schamhaupten
Mörnsheim Formation , Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation
B. tenuirostris [ 37]
Solnhofen, Zandt, Langenaltheim
Altmühltal Formation, Torleite Formation
B. speciosus
Solnhofen
Altmühltal Formation
B. spyraenoides
Eichstätt, Schernfeld, Wintershof
Altmühltal Formation
"Pholidophoridae"
Genus
Species
Locality
Formation
Material
Notes
Images
Bavarichthys
B. incognitus
Ettling
Torleite Formation ?
Single complete skeleton
The oldest record of a crossognathiform in Europe
Genus
Species
Locality
Formation
Material
Notes
Images
Allothrissops [ 40]
A. mesogaster [ 40]
A. salmoneus [ 40]
Eichstätt, Painten, brunn
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation
Ascalabothrissops [ 41]
A. voelkli
Schamhaupten
Torleite Formation
Pachythrissops [ 40]
P. propterus [ 40]
Kelheim, Zandt, Ettling
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation
Thrissops [ 40]
T. formosus [ 40]
Eichstätt, Kelheim, Mühlheim, Ettling
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation , Mörnsheim Formation
T. subovatus [ 40]
Eichstätt, Kelheim, Ettling
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation ?
Osteoglossomorpha
Coelacanths
Reptiles
Color key
Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text ; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Lizards
Rhynchocephalians
Genus
Species
Locality
Formation
Material
Notes
Images
Homoeosaurus
H. maximillioni
Eichstätt, Painten, Schamhaupten, Kelheim
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation
Sapheosaurus
S. laticeps
Eichstätt, Painten
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation
Large sapheosaurid reaching 70 cm in length, it may be semi-aquatic
Sphenofontis [ 25]
S. velseraegen
Brunn
Torleite Formation
Kallimodon
K. pulchellus
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
Sapheosauridae
Oenosaurus
O. muehlheimensis
Mühlheim
Mörnsheim Formation
Rhynchocephalian with dentition unique among Tetrapods [ 49]
Vadasaurus
V. herzogi
Painten
Torleite Formation
Rhynchocephalian close to the base of Pleurosauridae [ 50]
Piocormus
P. laticeps
Painten?
Torleite Formation
Pleurosaurus
P. goldfussi
Eichstätt, Langenaltheim, Painten, Mühlheim, Wattendorf
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation , Mörnsheim Formation
Acrosaurus fischmanni is a synonym.[ 51]
Ichthyosaurs
Turtles
Crocodylomorphs
Genus
Species
Locality
Formation
Material
Notes
Images
Aeolodon [ 59]
A. priscus
Daiting
Mörnsheim Formation
Two partial skeletons
A teleosaur
Alligatorellus [ 60]
A. bavaricus
Eichstätt, Kelheim, Painten
Altmühltal Formation , Mörnsheim Formation
Partial skeleton[ 61]
An atoposaurid
Atoposaurus [ 60]
A. oberndorferi
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
An atoposaurid
Cricosaurus [ 62]
C. albersdoerferi
Painten
Torleite Formation
Complete skeleton preserving soft tissue
C. bambergensis
Wattendorf
Torleite Formation
One almost complete skeleton
C. elegans
Eichstätt, Solnhofen, Daiting
Altmühltal Formation , Mörnsheim Formation
Skull and vertebrae (NHM 43005)[ 63]
Partial skull (NHM 37006[ 63] )
A metriorhynchid
C. rauhuti
Mühlheim
Mörnsheim Formation
Partial 3D skull
Crocodilaemus
C. sp
Brunn
Torleite Formation
Complete skeleton of a juvenile
Dakosaurus [ 64]
D. maximus
Eichstätt, Schernfeld, Schamhaupten, Painten, Kelheim
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation
Isolated teeth (JME-SOS4577, JME-SOS2535[ 63] )[ 65]
A metriorhynchid
Geosaurus [ 64]
G. giganteus
Solnhofen, Daiting
Altmühltal Formation , Mörnsheim Formation
Skull and mandible (NHM 37020)[ 66]
Isolated tooth (NHM 37016)[ 66]
A metriorhynchid
G. grandis
Daiting
Mörnsheim Formation
Rhacheosaurus [ 64]
R. gracilis
Eichstätt, Zandt, Daiting
Altmühltal Formation , Mörnsheim Formation , Torleite Formation
Skull and skeleton (NHM R.3948)[ 66] [ 63]
A metriorhynchid
Machimosaurus
M. sp
Mühlheim
Mörnsheim Formation
Isolated teeth
"Steneosaurus "
"S." jugleri
Dinosaurs
Pterosaurs
Genus
Species
Locality
Formation
Material
Notes
Images
Aerodactylus
A. scolopaciceps
Formerly classified as a species of Pterodactylus , closely related to Ardeadactylus , Aurorazhdarcho , and Cycnorhamphus .[ 74]
Anurognathus
A. ammoni
The holotype consists of a partial skeleton, while the second specimen is represented by a perfectly preserved juvenile including soft tissue.
Ardeadactylus
A. longicollum
The holotype was destroyed in a WW2 air raid, but another more complete specimen is known from the Nusplingen limestone .
Formerly considered a species of Pterodactylus , it is more closely related to Gnathosaurus and Germanodactylus .[ 75]
Altmuehlopterus [ 76]
A. rhamphastinus
Aurorazhdarcho [ 77]
A. micronyx
Bellubrunnus [ 78]
B. rothgaengeri
Brunn
Torleite Formation
Single complete skeleton of a juvenile
Balaenognathus [ 79]
B. maeuseri
Wattendorf
Torleite Formation
Ctenochasma
C. elegans
Originally classified as Pterodactylus elegans
C. gracile
C. sp
Mühlheim
Mörnsheim Formation
Skull and two cervical vertebrae
Cycnorhamphus
C. suevicus
Originally classified as Pterodactylus suevicus.
This genus originally hails from the Nusplingen Limestone
Diopecephalus [ 76]
D. kochi
Germanodactylus
G. cristatus
Originally classified as Pterodactylus cristatus
Gnathosaurus
G. subulatus
Gnathosaurinae [ 25]
Indeterminate
Brunn
Torleite Formation
Pterodactylus
P. antiquus
Only one species is currently supported as valid, the rest represent growth stages, often of other species, synonyms, or nomina dubia .[ 80]
Petrodactyle [ 81]
P. wellnhoferi
Mühlheim
Mörnsheim Formation
Propterodactylus [ 82]
P. frankerlae
Ulmense
Painten Formation [ 83]
A complete skeleton
Notable for its transitional features between pterodactyloids and more basal monofenestratans
Rhamphorhynchus [ 84]
R. muensteri
Eichstätt, Solnhofen, Painten, Kelheim
Altmühltal Formation , Torleite Formation
Only one species is currently supported as valid, the rest represent growth stages, often of other species, synonyms, or nomina dubia .[ 84]
"Rhamphodactylus "
Indeterminate
Mühlheim
Mörnsheim Formation
Scaphognathus [ 85]
S. crassirostris [ 85]
Eichstätt, Mühlheim
Altmühltal Formation , Mörnsheim Formation
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.[ 85] The Solnhofen Limestone is the only known source of Scaphognathus fossils.[ 85]
S. crassirostris was originally named P. crassirostris in 1831 by August Goldfuss who mistook the tailless specimen for a new Pterodactylus species.[ 85]
Skiphosoura [ 86]
S. bavarica
Mühlheim
Mörnsheim Formation
Mostly complete disarticulated skeleton
A large basal monofenstratan
Sauropterygia
Echinodermata
Crinoids
Ophiuroidea
Asteroidea
Echinoidea
Cidaroidea
Euechinoidea
Other Echinoids
Genus
Species
Locality
Formation
Notes
Images
Phymosoma [ 88]
P. sp
Mörnsheim, Breitenhill
Mörnsheim Formation , Painten Formation
Pseudosalenia [ 88]
P. aspera
Brunn, Schamhaupten
Painten Formation , Torleite Formation
Pygaster [ 88]
P. sp
Holectypus [ 88]
H. corallinus
H. sp
Kieripygurus [ 88]
K. jurensis
Pygurus [ 88]
P. sp
Eichstätt, Kelheim, Schamhaupten, Painten
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
Nucleolites [ 88]
N. sp
Brunn, Kelheim
Painten Formation , Torleite Formation
Collyropsis [ 88]
C. carinata
C. sp
Stomechinus [ 88]
S. perlatus
Kapfelberg
Altmühltal Formation ?
Holothuroidea
Molluscs
Bivalvia
Protobranchia
Autobranchia
Cephalopods
Nautiloidea
Ammonoidea
Genus
Species
Locality
Formation
Notes
Images
Phylloceras
P. serum
Daiting
Mörnsheim Formation
a phylloceratid
Glochiceras
G. cf. lens
a opellidid
Streblites
S. sp
Eichstätt, Blumenberg
Altmühltal Formation
a streblitinaen
Fontannesiella
F. prolithographica
Solnhofen, Daiting, Mörnsheim
Altmühltal Formation , Mörnsheim Formation
a taremelliceratinaen
F. cf. franciscanum
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
a taremelliceratinaen
F. cf. euglyptum
Langenaltheimer Haardt
Altmühltal Formation
a taremelliceratinaen
Lingulaticeras
L. planulatum
a taremelliceratinaen
L. solenoides
Wegscheid
Altmühltal Formation
a taremelliceratinaen
L. sp
a taremelliceratinaen
Metahaploceras
M. acallopistum
a taremelliceratinaen
M. rebouletianum
a taremelliceratinaen
M. subnudatum
a taremelliceratinaen
Neochetoceras
N. bous
Blumenberg, Birkhof
Altmühltal Formation
a taremelliceratinaen
N. mucronatum
a taremelliceratinaen
N. praecursor
a taremelliceratinaen
N. steraspis
Solnhofen, Eichstätt, Hummelberg
Atlmühltal Formation , Mörnsheim Formation
a taremelliceratinaen
Paralingulaticeras
P. haeberleini
a taremelliceratinaen
P. lithographicum
Solnhofen
Altmühltal Formation
a taremelliceratinaen
P. nodosum
a taremelliceratinaen
P. percevali
a taremelliceratinaen
Taramelliceras
T. hemipleurum
a taremelliceratinaen
Aspidoceras
A. hoplisum
Solnhofen, Wegscheid
Atlmühltal Formation
an aspidoceratid
A .sp
Brunn
Torleite Formation
an aspidoceratid
Physodoceras
P. episoides
an aspidoceratid
P. hermanni
Brunn
Torleite Formation
an aspidoceratid
P. nattheimense
an aspidoceratid
P. pipini
an aspidoceratid
Sutneria
S. apora
Birkhof, Wintershof
Altmühltal Formation
an aspidoceratid
S. bracheri
an aspidoceratid
S. rebholzi
an aspidoceratid
S. subeumela
Brunn
Torleite Formation
an aspidoceratid
S. sp
an aspidoceratid
Hybonotella
H. mundula
Langenaltheimer Haardt
Altmühltal Formation
an aspidoceratid
Hybonoticeras
H. hybonotum
Solnhofen, Blumenberg
Altmühltal Formation
an aspidoceratid
H. pseudohybonotum
an aspidoceratid
H. sp
an aspidoceratid
Gravesia
G. gigas
Hienheim, Ried, Wegscheid
Painten Formation
a perisphinctid
G. sp
a perisphinctid
Berckhemeria
B. cf. scherzingeri
a perisphinctid
Virgataxioceras
V. setatum
an ataxioceratid
V. supinum
an ataxioceratid
V. sp
an ataxioceratid
Euvirgalithacoceras
E. supremum
Solnhofen, Eichstätt
Atlmühltal Formation
an ataxioceratid
E. eystettense
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
an ataxioceratid
Hoelderia
H. sp
Wintershof
Altmühltal Formation
an ataxioceratid
Lithacoceras
L. eigeltingense
Zandt
Painten Formation
an ataxioceratid
L. eystettense
an ataxioceratid
L. cf. liptingense
Langenaltheimer Haardt
Altmühltal Formation
an ataxioceratid
L. cf. riedense
an ataxioceratid
L. cf. ulmense
an ataxioceratid
L. sp
Schernfeld, Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
an ataxioceratid
Pseudodiscosphinctes
P. ardescicus
an ataxioceratid
Silisphinctes
S. cf. russi
Zandt
Painten Formation
an ataxioceratid
S. sp
Wegscheid
Altmühltal Formation
an ataxioceratid
Subplanites
S. moernsheimensis
Daiting
Mörnsheim Formation
an ataxioceratid
S. postrueppellianus
Solnhofen, Blumenberg, Wintershof, Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
an ataxioceratid
S. rueppellianus
Solnhofen, Wegscheid
Altmühltal Formation
an ataxioceratid
S. viohli
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
an ataxioceratid
S. laisackerensis
Birkhof
Altmühltal Formation
an ataxioceratid
"Torquatisphinctes "
"S". filiplex
an ataxioceratid
"S". isolatus
an ataxioceratid
Aulacostephanus
A. cf. subundorae
Painten
Torleite Formation ?, Painten Formation
an aulacostephanid
Belemnoidea
Vampyromorpha
Genus
Species
Locality
Formation
Notes
Images
Boreopeltis
B. sagittata
Solnhofen
Altmühltal Formation
A plesioteuthid
Engeseriteuthis [ 90]
E. arcuatus
Schamhaupten
Painten Formation
A muensterelloid
Plesioteuthis
P. prisca
Eichstätt, Solnhofen, Wegscheid, Schamhaupten
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A plesioteuthid
P. subovata
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A plesioteuthid
Senefelderiteuthis
S. tricarinata
Eichstätt, Daiting
Altmühltal Formation , Mörnsheim Formation
A plesioteuthid
Trachyteuthis [ 91]
T. hastiformis
Daiting, Painten, Eichstätt, Brunn
Mörnsheim Formation , Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation , Torleite Formation
A trachyteuthid
T. teudopsiformis
Blumenberg, Schamhaupten
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A trachyteuthid
Teudopsinia [ 92]
T. grossheidei
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A teudopseid
Tyrionella [ 90]
T. fauseri
Schernfeld
Altmühltal Formation
A patelloctopodid
Donovaniteuthis [ 88]
D. schoepfeli
A leptoteuthid possibly synonymous with Leptoteuthis
Leptoteuthis [ 88]
L. gigas
Solnhofen, Eichstätt, Blumenberg
Altmühltal Formation
A leptoteuthid and the largest cephalopod known from the Solnhofen Limestone
Listroteuthis [ 90]
L. conica
Daiting
Mörnsheim Formation
A muensterellid .
Holotype specimen destroyed during WW2
Bavaripeltis [ 88]
B. bavarica
Solnhofen
Altmühltal Formation
A mastigophorid
Doryanthes [ 88]
D. munsterii
Eichstätt, Blumenberg, Mörnsheim
Mörnsheim Formation , Altmühltal Formation
A mastigophorid
Palaeololigo [ 93]
P. albersdoerferi
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A palaeololiginid
P. oblonga
Schernfeld
Altmühltal Formation
A palaeololiginid
Celaenoteuthis [ 90]
C. incerta
Solnhofen, Eichstätt, Birkscheid
Altmühltal Formation
A muensterelloid
Muensterella [ 90]
M. scutellaris
Eichstätt, Solnhofen, Wegscheid, Wintershof, Painten, Mörnsheim
Mörnsheim Formation , Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A muensterellid
M. spinosa
Daiting
Mörnsheim Formation
A muensterellid
Crustacea
Cirripedia
Malocastrata
Genus
Species
Locality
Formation
Notes
Images
Sculda [ 88]
S. pennata
Solnhofen, Eichstätt, Zandt, Öchselberg
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A stomatopod
S. pusilla
A dubious species of stomatopod
S. spinosa
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A stomatopod
Spinosculda [ 88]
S. ehrlichi
Eichstätt, ´Zandt, Wegscheid
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A stomatopod
Gigantosculda [ 95]
G. ehrlichfeckei
Blumenberg, Schernfeld
Altmühltal Formation
A stomatopod
Tyrannosculda [ 96]
T. laurea
Schernfeld
Altmühltal Formation
A stomatopod
Anthonema [ 88]
A. problematicum
Eichstätt, Schernfeld
Altmühltal Formation
This species of krill is known from mass mortality plates
Elder [ 88]
E. ungulatus
Solnhofen, Eichstätt, Schernfeld, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A glass shrimp
Francocaris [ 97]
F. grimmi
Eichstätt, Schernfeld, Zandt, Mühlheim
Mörnsheim Formation ,Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A glass shrimp
Naranda [ 88]
N. anomala
Eichstätt, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A glass shrimp
Isopoda
Decapoda
Penaeoidea
Genus
Species
Locality
Formation
Notes
Images
Acanthochirana [ 88]
A. angulata
Eichstätt, Wegscheid, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
An aegerid
A. cordata
Eichstätt, Wegscheid, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
An aegerid
A. longipes
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
An aegerid
Aeger [ 88]
A. elegans
Solnhofen, Eichstätt, Wegscheid, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
An aegerid
A. spinipes
Eichstätt, Wegscheid, Langenaltheim, Schernfeld
Altmühltal Formation
An aegerid
A. tipularius
Solnhofen, Eichstätt, Schernfeld
Altmühltal Formation
An aegerid
Epipenaeus (Carpopenaeus )[ 98]
E. peterbuergeri
Breitenhill
Painten Formation
A carpopenaid
Albertoppelia [ 99]
A. kuempeli
Eichstätt, Schamhaupten, Breitenhill
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A penaeidid
Antrimpos [ 88]
A. nonodon
Solnhofen, Eichstätt, Breitenhill
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A penaeidid
A. speciosus
Solnhofen, Eichstätt, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A penaeidid
A. undenarius
Solnhofen, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A penaeidid
Bylgia [ 88]
"B." haeberleini
A penaeidid
"B." hexadon
A penaeidid
B. ruedeli [ 99]
Painten, Breitenhill
Painten Formation
A penaeidid
B. spinosa
Eichstätt, Schernfeld, Breitenhill
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A penaeidid
B. anjobea
Breitenhill
Painten Formation
A penaeidid
Drobna [ 88]
D. deformis
Eichstätt, Schernfeld, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A penaeidid
Dusa [ 88]
D. denticulata
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A penaeidid
D. monocera
Eichstätt, Wegscheid, Painten, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A penaeidid
D. reschi
Eichstätt, Schernfeld
Altmühltal Formation
A penaeidid
Eystaettia [ 88]
E. intermedius
Eichstätt, Schernfeld, Wegscheid, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A penaeidid
Franconipenaeus [ 88]
F. meyeri
Solnhofen, Eichstätt, Wegscheid
Altmühltal Formation
A penaeidid
Koelga [ 88]
K. curvirostris
Eichstätt, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A penaeidid
K. muensteri [ 99]
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A penaeidid
Libanocaris [ 88]
L. annettae
Eichstätt, Schernfeld, Breitenhill
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A penaeidid
Pseudodusa [ 99]
P. frattigianii
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A penaeidid
Caridae
Genus
Species
Locality
Formation
Notes
Images
Schmelingia [ 88]
S. wulfi
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A palaeomonid
Udora [ 88]
U. brevispina
Solnhofen, Eichstätt, Wegscheid, Zandt
Alltmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A procaridoid
U. koschnyi [ 99]
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A procaridoid
Udorella [ 88]
U. agassizi
Kelheim
Painten Formation
A procaridoid
Harthofia [ 88]
H. bergeri
Eichstätt, Schernfeld, Wegscheid
Altmühltal Formation
A alvinocarid
H. blumenbergi
Eichstätt, Schernfeld, Wegscheid
Altmühltal Formation
A alvinocarid
H. polzi
Eichstätt, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A alvinocarid
H. heidenreichetfauseri
Eichstätt, Wegscheid
Altmühltal Formation
A alvinocarid
Alcmonacaris [ 88]
A. winkleri
Eichstätt, Schernfeld
Altmühltal Formation
A carid
Blaculla [ 88]
B. nikoides
Solnhofen, Eichstätt, Schernfeld, Wegscheid
Altmühltal Formation
A carid
B. sieboldi
Eichstätt, Mühlheim
Mörnsheim Formation , Altmühltal Formation
A carid
B. haugi
Eichstätt, Schernfeld, Wegscheid
Altmühltal Formation
A carid
B. felthausetsauteri [ 100]
Eichstätt, Schernfeld
Altmühltal Formation
A carid
B. anjobea
Eichstätt, Wegscheid
Altmühltal Formation
A carid
Buergerocaris [ 99]
B. psittacoides
Solnhofen, Eichstätt, Schernfeld, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A carid
Ctenodusa
C. bronni
Eichstätt, Painten
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A carid
Hefriga [ 88]
H. frischmanni
Eichstätt, Wegscheid, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A carid
H. proboscideawulfi [ 99]
Zandt
Painten Formation
A carid
H. norbertwinkleri
Eichstätt, Schernfeld
Altmühltal Formation
A carid
H. rogerfrattigianii
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A carid
H. serrata
Eichstätt, Wegscheid, Breitenhill
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A carid
H. schlechtingerae
Eichstätt, Wegscheid
Altmühltal Formation
A carid
Pleopteryx [ 99]
P, kuempeli
Solnhofen, Eichstätt, Schernfeld, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A carid
Schernfeldia [ 88]
S. schweigerti
Schernfeld
Altmühltal Formation
A carid
Occultocaris [ 100]
O. feckei
Schernfeld
Altmühltal Formation
A carid
Palaeobresilia [ 101]
P. kurthetriegeri
Eichstätt, Schamhaupten
Altmühltal Formation ,Painten Formation
The oldest known member of the bresiloidea
Astacidea
Glypheidea
Genus
Species
Locality
Formation
Notes
Images
Eryma [ 105]
E. elongatum
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A erymid
E. modestiforme
Solnhofen, Eichstätt, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A erymid
E. punctatum
Eichstätt, Painten, Zandt, Breitenhill
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A erymid
E. verrucosa
Eichstätt, Painten, Hienheim
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A erymid
(Galicia )E. veltheimii
Painten, Kelheim
Painten Formation
A erymid
Erymastacus [ 105]
E. major
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A erymid
Palaeastacus [ 105]
P. fuciformis
Solnhofen, Eichstätt, Schernfeld, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A erymid
P. poeschli
Mühlheim
Mörnsheim Formation
A erymid
P. rothgaengerae
Brunn
Torleite Formation
A erymid
Pustulina [ 105]
P. minuta
Solnhofen, Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A erymid
P. suevica
Eichstätt, Painten
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A erymid
Stenodactylina [ 106]
S. devillezi
Schernfeld
Altmühltal Formation
A erymid
Gigacerina [ 88]
G. saemanni
Brunn
Torleite Formation
A glypheid
Glyphea [ 102]
G. jurensis
Solnhofen
Altmühltal Formation
A glypheid
G. pseudoscyllarus
Eichstätt, Schernfeld, Painten, Zandt, Breitenhill
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A glypheid
G. veltheimi
Solnhofen
Altmühltal Formation
A glypheid
G. viohli
Solnhofen, Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A glypheid
G. nov. spec. ( Type A)[ 88]
Solnhofen, Eichstätt, Schernfeld
Altmühltal Formation
A glypheid
G. nov. spec. (Type B)[ 88]
Eichstätt, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A glypheid
Glypheopsis [ 88]
G. tenuis
Painten, Zandt
Painten Formation
A glypheid
Squamosoglyphea [ 107]
S. redenbacheri
A glypheid
S. squamosa
Kelheim
Painten Formation
A glypheid
S. rogeri
A glypheid
Mecochirus [ 88]
M. longimanatus
Solnhofen, Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A mecochirid
M. bajeri and M. brevimanus represent females of M. longimanatus
Thalassinidae
Genus
Species
Locality
Formation
Notes
Images
Coleia [ 88]
C. longipes
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A coleiid
Palaeopentacheles [ 102]
P. roettenbacheri
Eichstätt, Wegscheid
Altmühltal Formation
A palaeopentachelid
Cycleryon [ 102]
C. elongatus
Zandt, Breitenhill
Painten Formation
A eryonid
C. orbiculatus
Eichstätt, Schernfeld, Painten, Mühlheim
Mörnsheim Formation ,Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A eryonid
C. subrotundus is a juvenile of this species
C. propinquus
Solnhofen, Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A eryonid
C. spinimanus is a female form of this species
C. wulfi
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A eryonid
Eryon [ 108]
E. cuvieri
Solnhofen, Eichstätt, Langenaltheim
Altmühltal Formation
A eryonid
Adamanteryon
A. fourneti
Painten
Painten Formation
A eryonid
Knebelia [ 88]
K. bilobata
Eichstätt, Wegscheid
Altmühltal Formation
A eryonid
K. schuberti
Painten
Painten Formation
A eryonid
Rogeryon [ 109]
R. oppeli
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A eryonid
Soleryon [ 110]
S. schorri
Wattendorf
Torleite Formation
A eryonid
S. sp
Zandt
Painten Formation
A eryonid
Palinurina [ 88]
P. longipes
Eichstätt, Wegscheid, Painten, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A palinurid
Phyllosoma is the larval form of this genus
P. tenera
Eichstätt
Altmühltal Formation
A palinurid
Phalangites [ 88]
P. priscus
Eichstätt, Zandt
Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
larvae of a palinurid
Cancrinos [ 88]
C. claviger
Eichstätt, Langenaltheim, Painten, Mühlheim
Mörnsheim Formation , Altmühltal Formation , Painten Formation
A cancrinid
Anomura
Brachyura
Insects
Other Arthropods
Xiphosura
Pantopoda
Thylacocephalans
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