Solnhofen is an Upper Jurassic limestone found in Germany which yields diverse and exceptionally well-preserved animal and plant macrofossils.
Keywords: jurassic; palaeontology; taphonomy
Solnhofen
Richard Angus Kemp, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0001625
| References | |
| book Barthel KW, Swinburne NHM and Conway Morris S (1990) Solnhofen. A Study in Mesozoic Palaeontology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | |
| Bausch WM, Viohl G, Bernier P et al. (1994) Eichstätt and Cerin: Geochemical comparison of two different Plattenkalk types. Geobios Mémoire Spéciale 16: 107–125. | |
| Keupp H (1977) Ultrafazies und Genese der Solnhofener Plattenkalke (Oberer Malm, Südliche Frankenalb). Abhandlung der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft, Nürnberg e.V. 37: 1–128. | |
| Further Reading | |
| proceedings Hecht MK, Ostrom JH, Viohl G and Wellnhofer P (eds) (1985) The Beginnings of Birds, Proceedings of the International Archaeopteryx Conference, 1984. | |
| Keupp H (1993) Aspects of the origin of the Solnhofen lithographic limestone based on a new core drilling in the Maxberg quarry. Geobios Mémorie Spécial 16: 71–80. | |
| Seilacher A, Rief W-E and Westphal F (1985) Sedimentological, ecological and temporal patterns of fossil Lagerstätten. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 311: 5–23. | |
| Viohl G (1994) Fish taphonomy of the Solnhofen Plattenkalk – an approach to the reconstruction of the palaeoenvironment. Geobios Mémoire Spéciale 16: 81–90. | |
| Viohl G (1998) Die Solnhofener Plattenkalke – Entstehung und Lebensräume [The Solnhofen Lithographic Limestone – Genesis and Habitats]. Archaeopteryx 16: 37–68. | |
| Wilby PR and Briggs DEG (1997) Taxonomic trends in the resolution of detail preserved in fossil phosphatized soft tissues. Geobios Mémoire Spéciale 20: 493–502. | |
