Chondrostei

Semionotidae

Name	Species	Presence	Notes	Images
Lepidotes Lepidotes Lepidotes is an extinct genus of neopterygian ray-finned fish from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Fossils have been found worldwide....	L. decoratus
	L. intermedius
	L. maximus
	L. notopterus
	L. oblongus
	L. pustulosus
	L. subovatus
	L. unguiculatus

Macrosemiidae

Name	Species	Presence	Notes	Images
Histionotus Histionotus Histionotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...	H. oberndorferi
Macrosemius Macrosemius Macrosemius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...	M. rostratus
Notagogus Notagogus Notagogus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...	N. decoratus
	N. denticulatus
Propterus Propterus Propterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...	P. elongatus
	P. microstomus
Eusemius Eusemius Eusemius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...	E. beatae

Pycnodontiformes

Name	Species	Presence	Notes	Images
Eomesodon Eomesodon Eomesodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...	E. gibbosus
Gyrodus Gyrodus Gyrodus is an extinct genus of pycnodontiform bony fish that lived in the Jurassic and Cretaceous....	G. circularis
	G. hexagonus
Mesturus Mesturus Mesturus is an extinct genus of bony fish....	M. verrucosus
Macromesodon	M. heckeli
	M. macropterus
Proscinetes Proscinetes Proscinetes is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...	P. elegans
	P. formosus

Pachycormidae

Name	Species	Presence	Notes	Images
Asthenocormus Asthenocormus Asthenocormus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Callovian stage of the Middle Jurassic epoch to the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...	A. titanius
Hypsocormus Hypsocormus Hypsocormus is an extinct genus of teleost fish from the Jurassic period of Europe.Hypsocormus was a fast-swimming predatory fish about long, with a half moon-shaped caudal fin similar to that of a modern mackerel. It had a single dorsal fin, elongated pectoral fins and tiny pelvic fins about half...	H. insignis
	H. macrodon
Orthocormus Orthocormus Orthocormus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...	O. cornutus
Pseudoasthenocormus	P. retrodorsalis
Sauropsis Sauropsis Sauropsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish-External links:*...	S. depressus
	S. longimanus

Others

Caturidae

Ionoscopidae

Furidae

Other halecomorphs

Name	Species	Presence	Notes	Images
Amiopsis Amiopsis Amiopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish belonging to the Amiidae family.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...	A. lepidota		Amiid.
Ophiopsis Ophiopsis Ophiopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...	O. attenuta
	O. procera
Solnhofenamia	S. elongata		Amiid.

Halecomorphi incertae cedis

Pleuropholidae

Aspidorhynchidae

Name	Species	Presence	Notes	Images
Aspidorhynchus Aspidorhynchus Aspidorhynchus is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Fossils have been found in Europe and Antarctica....	A. acutirostris
Belonostomus Belonostomus Belonostomus or Diphyodus is a genus of prehistoric fish that was described by Louis Agassiz in 1844. Fossils range from to Belonostomus (meaning "big long mouth") or Diphyodus (meaning "double tooth") is a genus of prehistoric fish that was described by Louis Agassiz in 1844. Fossils range...	B. münsteri
	B. tenuirostris

Pholidophoridae

Name	Species	Presence	Notes	Images
Ankylophorus Ankylophorus Ankylophorus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...	Indeterminate.
Eurycormus Eurycormus Eurycormus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Callovian stage of the Middle Jurassic epoch to the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...	E. speciosus
Pholidophoristion Pholidophoristion Pholidophoristion is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...	P. micronyx
	P. ovatus
Pholidophorus Pholidophorus Pholidophorus is an extinct genus of teleost fish from the Triassic and Jurassic periods of Africa, Europe, and South America.Pholidophorus was a herring-like fish about long, although it was not closely related to modern herring. Like them, however, it had a single dorsal fin, a symmetrical tail,...	P. armatus
	P. diagonalis
	P. falcifer
	P. macrocephalus
	P. microps
	P. sculptus

Allothrissopidae

Name	Species	Presence	Notes	Images
Allothrissops Allothrissops Allothrissops is an extinct genus of bulldog fish....	A. mesogaster
	A. salmoneus
Pachythrissops Pachythrissops Pachythrissops is an extinct genus of fish from the Jurassic....	P. propterus
Thrissops Thrissops Thrissops is an extinct genus of teleost fish from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.Thrissops was a fast predatory fish about long, that fed on other bony fish. It had a streamlined body with a deeply cleft tail and only very small pelvic fins...	T. formosus
	T. subovatus

Orthogonikleithridae

Anaethalionidae

Others

Name	Species	Presence	Notes	Images
Ascalabos	A. voithii
Daitingichthys Daitingichthys Daitingichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch.-See also:* Prehistoric fish* List of prehistoric bony fish...	D. tischlingeri
Eichstättia	E. mayri
Elops	cf. E. sp. 1
	cf. E. sp. 2
	cf. E. sp. 3
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Tischlingerichtys	T. viohli

Dinosaurs (including birds)

Name	Species	Presence	Notes	Images
Archaeopteryx Archaeopteryx Archaeopteryx , sometimes referred to by its German name Urvogel , is a genus of theropod dinosaur that is closely related to birds. The name derives from the Ancient Greek meaning "ancient", and , meaning "feather" or "wing"...	A. bavarica	Geographically located in Bayern, Germany. Geographically located in Bayern, Germany.
	A. lithographica
Compsognathus Compsognathus Compsognathus was a small, bipedal, carnivorous theropod dinosaur. The animal was the size of a turkey and lived around 150 million years ago, the early Tithonian stage of the late Jurassic Period, in what is now Europe. Paleontologists have found two well-preserved fossils, one in Germany...	C. longipes	Geographically located in Bayern, Germany.
Wellnhoferia Wellnhoferia Wellnhoferia is a genus of early prehistoric bird closely related to Archaeopteryx. It lived in what is now Germany, during the Late Jurassic. While Wellnhoferia was similar to Archaeopteryx, it had a shorter tail and its fourth toe was shorter than in Archaeopteryx...	W. grandis	Geographically located in Bayern, Germany.

Pterosaurs

Name	Species	Presence	Notes	Images
Anurognathus Anurognathus Anurognathus is a genus of small pterosaur that lived approximately 150 million years ago during the late Jurassic Period ....	A. ammoni
Aurorazhdarcho Aurorazhdarcho Aurorazhdarcho is an extinct genus of azhdarchoid pterosaur known from the Late Jurassic of Bavaria, southern Germany.-Discovery and naming:...	A. primordius
Ctenochasma Ctenochasma Ctenochasma is a genus of Late Jurassic pterosaur belonging to the suborder pterodactyloidea. Three species are currently recognized: C. roemeri , C. taqueti, and C. elegans...	C. roemeri
	C. elegans		Originally classified as Pterodactylus elegans
	C. taqueti
Cycnorhamphus Cycnorhamphus Cycnorhamphus is a genus of ctenchasmatoid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of France and Germany.In 1855 a fossil in a plate of shale from the Tithonian, found near Nusplingen in Württemberg, holotype GPIT "Orig. Quenstedt 1855, Taf...	C. suevicus		Originally classified as Pterodactylus suevicus
Germanodactylus Germanodactylus Germanodactylus is a genus of dsungaripteroid pterodactyloid pterosaur from Late Jurassic-age rocks of Germany, including the Solnhofen limestone. Its specimens were long thought to pertain to Pterodactylus. Its head crest is a distinctive feature.-Description:Germanodactylus is described as...	G. cristatus		Originally classified as Pterodactylus cristatus
	G. rhamphastinus
Gnathosaurus Gnathosaurus Gnathosaurus is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur known from a single species, G. subulatus, described in 1833. This pterosaur had an estimated wingspan of about 1.7 meters. The slender, 28-cm-long skull had up to 130 needle-like teeth arranged laterally around the spoon-shaped tip...	G. subulatus
Pterodactylus Pterodactylus Pterodactylus is a genus of pterosaurs, whose members are popularly known as pterodactyls. It was the first to be named and identified as a flying reptile...	P. antiquus		Only one species is currently supported as valid, the rest represent growth stages, often of other species, synonyms, or nomina dubia.
	P. arningi
	P. brevirostris
	P. cerinensis
	P. crocodilocephaloides
	P. grandipelvis
	P. kochi
	P. longirostris
	P. manseli
	P. maximus
	P. meyeri
	P. micronyx
	P. nettecephaloides
	P. pleydelli
	P. pulchellus
	P. redenbacheri
	P. scolopaciceps
	P. spectabilis
	P. suprajurensis
"Pterodactylus"	"P." longicollum		Formerly considered a species of Pterodactylus, it is more closely related to Gnathosaurus and Germanodactylus.
Rhamphorhynchus	R. carnegiei		Only one species is currently supported as valid, the rest represent growth stages, often of other species, synonyms, or nomina dubia.
	R. curtimanus
	R. gemmingi
	R. grandis
	R. hirundinaceus
	R. kokeni
	R. longicaudus
	R. longimanus
	R. mayeri
	R. megadactylus
	R. muensteri
	R. phyllurus
	R. secondarius
	R. suevicus
Scaphognathus Scaphognathus Scaphognathus was a pterosaur that lived around Germany during the Late Jurassic. It had a wingspan of about one meter.-Naming:The first known Scaphognathus specimen was described in 1831 by August Goldfuss who mistook the tailless specimen for a new Pterodactylus species: P. crassirostris. The...	S. crassirostris	Only two specimens have been recovered from the formation. The first was found in Eichstatt Eichstätt Eichstätt is a town in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the District of Eichstätt. It is located along the Altmühl River, at , and had a population of 13,078 in 2002. It is home to the Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, the lone Catholic university in Germany. The... , the second in Mulheim Mülheim Mülheim an der Ruhr, also called "City on the River", is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is located in the Ruhr Area between Duisburg, Essen, Oberhausen and Ratingen... .	A Solnhofen genus erected in 1861 by J. A. Wagner when he recognized the rhamphorhynchoid nature of "Pterodactylus" crassirostris after the discovery of a specimen with a preserved tail. The Solnhofen Limestone is the only known source of Scaphognathus fossils. S. crassirostris was originally named P. crassirostris in 1831 by August Goldfuss who mistook the tailless specimen for a new Pterodactylus species.

Crinoids

Cephalopods

Xiphosura

Horseshoe crab Horseshoe crab The Atlantic horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, is a marine chelicerate arthropod. Despite its name, it is more closely related to spiders, ticks, and scorpions than to crabs. Horseshoe crabs are most commonly found in the Gulf of Mexico and along the northern Atlantic coast of North America... s of the Solnhofen Formation
Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images
Mesolimulus walchi

General

• Lambers, P. H. (1999). The actinopterygian fish fauna of the Late Kimmeridgian and Early Tithonian 'Plattenkalke' near Solnhofen (Bavaria, Germany): state of the art. Geologie en Mijnbouw 78:215-229.