Aeger tipularis
Solnhofen Limestone (Upper Jurassic Tithonian)
Eichstatt, Germany

Here is a superb example of a fossil shrimp from the famous Solnhofen Limestone of Germany. This specimen is expertly prepared and has fair detail. This crustacean is frequently found in the Solnhofen deposits. The bristles on its foremost pair of legs serve as a distinguishing characteristic. The bristles are so long that they create the impression of a comb. The shrimp body is about 10 cm from rostrum to tail tip. The slab is 35 cm by 35 cm and is 1 cm thick.
The Solnhofen Plattenkalk, or Solnhofen limestone, is a Jurassic Konservat-Lagerstatte that 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 (Nurnberg) and Munich (Munchen) and were originally quarried as a source of Lithographic limestone.