Solnhofen, Germany


Coleoidea

Ammonoidea

"Worms"

Crustacea

Chelicerata

Hexapoda

Echinodermata

Ichnofossils
The Solnhofen limestone of Germany is probably best known for Archaeopteryx, the popular "missing link" between birds and dinosaurs, but there is also a spectacular fauna of marine invertebrates preserved in the limey muds of this Jurassic lagoon. Skeletons of shrimp and horseshoe crabs, soft-bodied jelly-fish and annelids and shelled ammonites and squids highlight the benthic fauna at Solnhofen.

Mollusca

Cephalopoda [back to top]

"Worms"

Annelida
Helminthodes antiquus Marsh, YPM 27542
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Arthropoda

Crustacea
Aeger sp., YPM 9755
Aeger tipularis Schlotheim, YPM 19101
Eryma minuta Schlotheim, YPM 9664
Eryon propinquus Schlotheim, YPM 8937
Hefriga serrata Munster, YPM 29830
Udorella agassizi Munster, YPM 8972
Udorella agassizi Munster, YPM 9670
Udorella agassizi Munster, YPM 54703
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Chelicerata
Mesolimulus walchi Demarest, YPM 10183
Mesolimulus walchi Demarest, YPM 35147
Mesolimulus walchi Demarest, YPM 8975
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Hexapoda
Hymenoptera, YPM 37093
Coleoptera, YPM 37094
Petalia sp., YPM 29867
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Echinodermata

Crinoidea
Saccocoma pectinata Goldfuss, YPM 6467
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Ichnofossils

Lumbricaria intestinum Goldfuss, YPM 150758
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