The Solnhofen Limestone or Solnhofen Plattenkalk, formally known as the Altmühltal Formation, 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 Solnhofen Limestone or Solnhofen Plattenkalk is a collective term for multiple Late Jurassic lithographic limestones in southeastern Germany, which is famous for its well preserved fossil flora and fauna dating to the late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian).

One of the world’s most famous fossil deposits is located in Bavaria in Southern Germany, halfway between Nuremberg and Munich. The Solnhofen limestone formations, Plattenkalk, are a Jurassic age Konservat-Laggerstätte.

More than 750 plant and animal species have been described from the Solnhofen Limestone. The most common fossils are crinoids, ammonites, fishes, and crustaceans. The most famous fossil from Solnhofen is Archaeopteryx, an ancient bird that …

Vertebrate and invertebrate animals, land plants, and protists are all represented as fossils in the Solnhofen Limestone. From sites like this with exceptional preservation, called by the German name Lagerstatten, paleontologists have learned a great deal.

Fossils of the Solnhofen Limestone - A Jurassic Konservat Lagerstätte in Germany. The Solnhofen Limestone ranks as one of the most most famous Lagerstatte in the world. This fossil site in the state of Bavaria in Germany has yielded an amazing diversity of fossil organisms, often deposits known for the exceptional preservation of fossilized ...

The Solnhofen Limestone or Solnhofen Plattenkalk, formally known as the Altmühltal Formation, 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.

Fossils of the Solnhofen Limestone represent an unusual combination of diverse habitats within the same deposit. Marine habitats are represented mostly by echinoderms, mollusks, …

It is a lagerstätte of Upper Jurassic limestone which has preserved many fossils in great detail. The specimens of Archaeopteryx are perhaps the world's most valuable fossils, because they are the earliest fossils of a bird capable of flight.

The environmental conditions at Solnhofen resulted in remarkably preserved fossils of Late Jurassic plants, invertebrates, fish, reptiles, and bird species like these fossils on display in Dinosaurs in Their Time.