The Solnhofen Plattenkalk, or Solnhofen Limestone, is a Jurassic Konservat-Lagerstätte that preserves a rare assemblage of fossilized organisms, including highly detailed imprints of soft bodied organisms such as sea jellies. The most familiar fossils of the Solnhofen Plattenkalk include the early feathered theropod dinosaur Archaeopteryx preserved in such detail that they are among the most famous and most beautiful fossils in the world. The Solnhofen beds lie in the German state of Bavaria (Bayern), halfway between Nuremberg (Nürnberg) and Munich (München) and were originally quarried as a source of Lithographic limestone. The Jura Museum situated in Eichstätt, Germany has an extensive exhibit of Jurassic fossils from the quarries of Solnhofen and surroundings, including marine reptiles, pterosaurs, and one specimen of the early bird Archaeopteryx.
Turiasaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaurs. It is known from a single fossil specimen representing the species T. riodevensis, found in the Kimmeridgian Villar del Arzobispo Formation of Teruel, Spain.
Eretmosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur.
The Posidonia Shale is an Early Jurassic geological formation of south-western Germany, including exceptionally well-preserved complete skeletons of fossil marine fish and reptiles. The Posidonienschiefer, as German paleontologists call it, takes its name from the ubiquitous fossils of Posidonia bronni that characterize its fauna. The formation comprises finely laminated layers of oil shales formed of fine-grained sediments intercalated with bituminous limestones and crops out in a number of locations in southwestern Germany, although most remains are from near the village of Holzmaden. The European oil shales deposited on a sea floor during the Early Toarcian in the ancient Tethys Ocean are described as being deposited in an anoxic, or oxygen-depleted, deep water environment, although the details of the depositional environment are the subject of debate by researchers of the formation.
Coelodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Late Jurassic, Cretaceous and early Paleocene (Danian). Fossils of the genus have been found in:
Saurillodon was a genus of prehistoric lizard of the Late Jurassic of Portugal, UK and Morrison Formation of Western North America.
The Baños del Flaco Formation is a Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (Tithonian to Berriasian geologic formation in central Chile. The formation comprises limestones and sandstones deposited in a shallow marine to fluvial environment. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.
The Curtis Formation is a geologic formation in Utah. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.
The Mörnsheim Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.
The Neuburg Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.
The Painten Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period. Dinosaurs found here include Juravenator, Ostromia and possibly Compsognathus.
The Papierschiefer Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.
The Rennertshofen Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.
The Rögling Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.
The Usseltal Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.
The Varians Oolith Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.
The Weißjura Formation is a Limestone geologic formation located in the Swabian Jura range, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
The Wohlgeschichtete Kalk Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.
The Liegende Bankkalk Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.
The Ionia Formation is a geologic formation in Michigan. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.
