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
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TypeFormation
Unit ofKeuper
Sub-unitsAnsbachersandstein & Schilfsandstein members
UnderliesWeser & Steigerwald Formations
OverliesGrabfeld & Benk Formations
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherClaystone
Location
Coordinates49.2°N 9.3°E / 49.2; 9.3
Approximate paleocoordinates21.4°N 14.9°E / 21.4; 14.9
RegionBaden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
  Switzerland
Type section
Named forStuttgart
Stuttgart Formation is located in Germany
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Fossil content

Temnospondyls

Therapsids

Reptiles

Fish

Invertebrates[8]

Flora

See also

References

  1. Stuttgart Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Witzmann et al., 2016
  3. Schoch & Milner, 2000
  4. Münster, 1839
  5. Sulej, 2002
  6. Schoch, 2012
  7. Huene, 1905
  8. Linck, 1968
  9. 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 für 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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