Stuttgart Formation

Stuttgart Formation
Stratigraphic range: Carnian ~235–222 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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	Stuttgart Formation (Germany)

The Stuttgart Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carnian stage of the Triassic period.^[1]

Fossil content

Temnospondyls

Therapsids

Kannemeyeriiformes indet.(Possibly Woznikella triradiata)^[6]

Reptiles

Fish

Lissodus sp.^[6]
Palaeobates sp.^[8]

Invertebrates^[8]

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^[8]
Danaeopsis marantacea^[9]
D. rumphi^[8]
Desmiophyllum imhoffi^[8]
Dioonitocarpidium pennaeforme^[8]
Neocalamites meriani^[8]
Pagiophyllum foetterlei^[8]
Voltziopsis coburgensis^[8]
Widdringtonites keuperianus^[8]
Equisetites sp.^[8]
Pterophyllum sp.^[8]

References

^ Stuttgart Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Witzmann et al., 2016
^ ^a ^b Schoch & Milner, 2000
^ Münster, 1839
^ Sulej, 2002
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Schoch, 2012
^ Huene, 1905
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Linck, 1968
^ Kustatscher et al., 2012

Bibliography

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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. .
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