Description
Jurassic Solnhofen Shrimp
- Antrimpos sp.
- Jurassic Age
- Solnhofen Limestone
- Near Hienheim, Germany
- This BIG Shrimp displays nicely on it’s slab of limestone that measures approx. 9.62″ x 10.91″ in size. The plate fractured during excavation and has been reinforced on the back
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Jurassic Solnhofen Shrimp. The Solnhofen Plattenkalk, or Solnhofen limestone, is a Jurassic Konservat-Lagerstätte. This Lagerstatte 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). The beds were originally quarried as a source of Lithographic limestone.
During the Late Jurassic, this area was an archipelago at the edge of the Tethys Sea.
