Solnhofia parsonsi Gaffney 1975 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata

Alternative combination: Solnhofia parsoni

Full reference: E. S. Gaffney. 1975. Solnhofia parsonsi, a new cryptodiran turtle from the Late Jurassic of Europe. American Museum Novitates 2576:1-22

Belongs to Solnhofia according to J. Anquetin and C. Püntener 2020

See also Anquetin et al. 2017, Danilov and Parham 2008, Evers et al. 2019, Gaffney 1975, Joyce 2000, Karl et al. 2012, Perea et al. 2014, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013, Pérez-García et al. 2008, Pérez-García and Ortega 2011 and Puntener et al. 2014

Sister taxon: Solnhofia brachyrhyncha

Type specimen: TM 4023, a partial skull (a partially damaged skull with lower jaw). Its type locality is Solnhofen (Uppsala Collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (7), Switzerland (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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