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Table 1 Catalogue of all investigated and photographed specimens

From: The fish fauna of the Late Jurassic Solothurn Turtle Limestone (NW Switzerland)

Inventory number

Classification

Description

Origin

NMS 7492a

Lepidotes laevis

Jaw fragment

Hist.

NMS 8160a

Gyrodus jurassicus

Lower jaw

Hist.

NMS 20406b

Ischyodus sp.

Left mandibular dental plate

86-89

NMS 20407b

Ischyodus sp.

Left palatine dental plate

86-89

NMS 20409b

Hybodontiformes indet.

Fragment of ?cranium

86-89

NMS 20410a

Heterodontiformes indet.

Calcified vertebra

86-89

NMS 20411, 20412, 20413b

Paracestracion sp.

Grinding tooth

86-89

NMS 20414b

Asteracanthus sp.

Grinding tooth

86-89

NMS 20415, 20416, 20417b, 20419

Hybodus sp. 1

Multicuspid tooth

86-89

NMS 20418, 20420, 20421b, 20422

Hybodus sp. 2

Multicuspid tooth

86-89

NMS 20423b

Heterodontiformes indet.

Fragment of tooth cusp

86-89

NMS 20424b

Hybodontoidea incerta sedis

Multicuspid tooth

86-89

NMS 20425, 20426b, 20427b, 20428–20433

Lepidotes sp.

Grinding tooth or enameloid cap

86-89

NMS 20434–20436

Proscinetes sp. 2

Enameloid cap of grinding tooth

86-89

NMS 20438b

Pycnodontiformes indet.

Enameloid cap of grinding tooth

86-89

NMS 20439–20441, 20442b

Gyrodus sp.

Incisor

86-89

NMS 20443–20452

Proscinetes sp. 1

Enameloid cap of grinding tooth

86-89

NMS 20453, 20454b, 20455b, 20456–20457, 20458b, 20459–20460

Proscinetes sp. 1

Vomer

86-89

NMS 20461b

Proscinetes sp. 2

Vomer

86-89

NMS 20462b

Pycnodontiformes indet.

Vomer

86-89

NMS 20463–20467, 20468b, 20469b, 20470–20475

Proscinetes sp. 1

Prearticular

 

NMS 20476, 20477b, 20478–20484

Proscinetes sp. 2

Prearticular

86-89

NMS 20485b, 20486–20495, 20497, 20499–20500, 20502–20509, 20510b, 20511–20512

Caturus sp.

Fang

86-89

NMS 20496, 20498, 20501, 20515a

Halecomorphi indet.

Fang

86-89

NMS 20513b

Callopterus sp.

Fang

86-89

NMS 20514b

Ionoscopus sp.

Fang

86-89

NMS 20516b

Belonostomus sp.

Predentary

86-89

NMS 20517b

Osteichthyes indet.

Left lower jaw

86-89

NMS 20518b

Halecomorphi indet.

Right cleithrum

86-89

NMS 20519a

Semionotidae indet.

Scale

86-89

NMS 20520a, 20521a

Halecomorphi indet.

Scale

86-89

  1. These excavations were initially undertaken by the Naturmuseum Solothurn (winter 1986) and continued by the Geological Institute of the University of Bern (summers 1986–1989)
  2. NMS Naturmuseum Solothurn, Hist. Historical collection of the NMS, 86-89 specimens originating from the 1986–1989 excavations in the quarry of St. Niklaus
  3. aSpecimen cited but not figured in this article
  4. bSpecimen cited and figured in this article