Sauropsis longimanus Agassiz, 1833

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Pachycormiformes Berg, 1937
Family: Pachycormidae Woodward, 1895
Genus: Sauropsis
Species: Sauropsis longimanus
Author Citation AGASSIZ, 1833

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Tithonian

Stratigraphy

Weissjura Group
Altmühltal Formation

Biostratigraphy

Hybonoticeras hybonotum Zone
Lithacoceras riedense Subzone

Provenance

Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

Dimensions

Length: 30 cm

Location

Wegscheid
Eichstätt District
Bavaria
Germany

• jurassic
• lithographic limestone
• sauropsis
• solnhofen
• tff-oilshale-ch848
• tithonian

Comments

Taxonomy from Maxwell et al. 2020.
Identified by oilshale.
References:
Agassiz L. (1843) Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (livr. 18). Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel xxxii-188.
Maxwell, E.E., Lambers, P.H., López-Arbarello, A., and Schweigert G. (2020) Re-evaluation of pachycormid fishes from the Late Jurassic of Southwestern Germany. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65 (3): 429–453.