Stuttgart Formation
The Stuttgart Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carnian stage of the Triassic period.[1]
| Stuttgart Formation Stratigraphic range: Carnian ~235–222 Ma | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Keuper |
| Sub-units | Ansbachersandstein & Schilfsandstein members |
| Underlies | Weser & Steigerwald Formations |
| Overlies | Grabfeld & Benk Formations |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Claystone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 49.2°N 9.3°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 21.4°N 14.9°E |
| Region | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country |  Germany Switzerland |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Stuttgart |
  Stuttgart Formation (Germany) | |
Fossil content
Temnospondyls
Therapsids
Fish
- Invertebrates[9]
- Aviculomyalina angusta
- Cyzicus laxitextus
- C. cf. dorsorectus
- C. minutus
- Homomya bilonga
- H. simplex
- Myalina rotundata
- Mytilus acutefinitus
- M. avirostrum
- M. hasta
- M. minutus
- M. peregrinus
- M. sulmensis
- Lithophaga buchhornensis
- L. lennachensis
- L. producta
- L. vermiculata
- Mactromya altera
- M. equisetitis
- Modiolus eberstadtensis
- M. formosissimus
- M. mediocarinatus
- M. minalatus
- M. parallelus
- M. parvoblongus
- M. suprarectus
- M. transiens
- M. triangulus
- Myoconcha aperina
- M. longaperina
- M. ovulum
- M. scalprosa
- M. cf. woehrmanni
- M. aff. aquatensis
- Parallelodon beyrichii
- Pinna mediokeuperina
- Pleuromya curta
- P. nitens
- Schafhaeutlia aff. liscaviensis
- Thracia keuperina
- Trigonodus cf. grandis
- T. pygmaeus
- T. singularis
- T. wuertembergicus
- Asmussia sp.
- Gervillia sp.
- ?Gryphaea sp.
- Myoconcha sp.
- Mytilus sp.
- Trigonodus sp.
Flora
- Clathrophyllum meriani[9]
- Danaeopsis marantacea[10]
- D. rumphi[9]
- Desmiophyllum imhoffi[9]
- Dioonitocarpidium pennaeforme[9]
- Neocalamites meriani[9]
- Pagiophyllum foetterlei[9]
- Voltziopsis coburgensis[9]
- Widdringtonites keuperianus[9]
- Equisetites sp.[9]
- Pterophyllum sp.[9]
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Switzerland
- Benkersandstein, contemporaneous ichnofossiliferous formation of Bavaria
- Chañares Formation, fossiliferous formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin, Argentina
- Candelária Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Paraná Basin, Brazil
- Molteno Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Lesotho and South Africa
- Pebbly Arkose Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe
- Denmark Hill Insect Bed, contemporaneous fossiliferous unit of Queensland, Australia
- Madygen Formation, contemporaneous Lagerstätte of Kyrgyzstan
References
- Stuttgart Formation at Fossilworks.org
- Witzmann et al., 2016
- Schoch & Milner, 2000
- Münster, 1839
- Sulej, 2002
- Schoch, 2012
- Fraas, 1896
- Huene, 1905
- Linck, 1968
- Kustatscher et al., 2012
Bibliography
- Witzmann, F.; S. Sachs, and C. J. Nyhuis. 2016. A new species of Cyclotosaurus (Stereospondyli, Capitosauria) from the Late Triassic of Bielefeld, NW Germany, and the intrarelationships of the genus. Fossil Record 19. 83-100. Accessed 2020-10-19.
- Kustatscher, E.; K.-P. Kelber, and J. H. A. Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert. 2012. Danaeopsis Heer ex Schimper 1869 and its European Triassic species. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 183. 32–49.
- Schoch, R. R. 2012. A dicynodont mandible from the Triassic of Germany forms the first evidence of large herbivores in the Central European Carnian. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 263. 119–123.
- Sulej, T. 2002. Species discrimination of the Late Triassic temnospondyl amphibian Metoposaurus diagnosticus. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47. 535–546. Accessed 2020-10-19.
- Schoch, R., and A. R. Milner. 2000. Stereospondyli. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie 3B. 1–203.
- Linck, O. 1968. Die marinen Muschelfauna des Schilfsandsteins von Eberstadt, Wuerttemberg, (Trias, Karn, mittl. Keuper 2) und deren Bedeutung. Jahreshefte des Vereins fuer Vaterlaendsiche Naturkunde in Wuerttemberg 123. 69–133.
- Huene, F. von. 1905. Trias-Dinosaurier Europas - European Triassic dinosaurs. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 57. 345–349.
- Fraas, E. 1896. Die Schwäbischen Trias-Saurier nach dem Material der Kgl. Naturalien-Sammlung in Stuttgart zusammengestellt - Swabian Triassic dinosaurs based on the material in the Royal Natural History Collection compiled in Stuttgart, 1-18. Festgabe des Königlichen Naturalien-Cabinets In Stuttgart zur 42 Versammlung der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft in Stuttgart, August 1896. E. Schweizerbartische Verlag-handlung (E. Koch), Stuttgart.
- Münster, G. G. 1839. Mastodonsaurus andriani. Beiträge zur Petrefactenkunde .. 102-103.
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