Solnhofen fossil Elder ungulatus for sale

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Wonderful preserved fossil Jurassic Shrimp Elder ungulatus for sale. Elder ungulatus is a glass shrimp that appears  in the Eichstaedt Formation (Malm zeta 2) and continues in the Moernsheim Formation (Malm zeta 3).  The fossil here comes from the Moernsheim Formation at the Muehlheim Quarry. The Moernsheim Formation-Muehlheim Subformation (Malm zeta 3) is directly on top of the Altmuehltal Formation-Eichstett Subformation (Malm zeta 1/2). Therefore it is up to 2 million years younger.

The Moernsheim Formation represents the end of the Solnhofen Lagune, that produced so many well preserved Jurassic Fossils. The fossil species in the Moernsheim Formation are somewhat the same as in the Eichstett Formation. Many of them continue. Some are new. And some have changed in evolutionary terms in those 2 million years since the beginning of the Solnhofen Lagune.

First overlooked, the Moernsheim Formation is now heavily studied in the last 14 years. The stone was not as usable as the lower Eichstett Formation. They are both “Plattenkalk, but one is more a limestone, the other (Moernsheim Formation) is silicated. That is due to environmental changes at the end of the Solnhofen Lagune. It opened more up to the ocean.

The opening of the now famous Muehlheim quarry near Solnhofen as a U-Dig quarry and the work of the enthusiastic owner and fossil collector Roland Poeschl changed that. Many new species where discovered at the Muehlheim quarry. Many of them don’t have names. The just recently (2017) discovered Alkmonavis poeschli represents probably the first real flying Dinosaur. 2 million years younger than the related glider Archaeopterix, it had the muscles to actually take off.

There are still new surprises waiting to be discovered.

The fossil Jurassic Shrimp Elder ungulatus here measures about 5 cm or 2 inches from head to toe if streched. Antenna and legs not included.

For more information on the fossil you can go to or click here :  https://www.solnhofen-fossilienatlas.de and write the german name for Crustaceans = “Krebse” under Suche. If you want a english translation it would be better to google Solnhofen Fossilienatls and choose “translate this page” in Google already.

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