Stuttgart Formation
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| Stuttgart Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Carnian ~ | |
| 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 | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Region | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany, Switzerland |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Stuttgart |
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
[edit | edit source]Temnospondyls
[edit | edit source]Therapsids
[edit | edit source]Reptiles
[edit | edit source]- Calamosuchus arenaceus[7]
- Dyoplax arenaceus
- Thuringopelta werneburgi[8]
- Zanclodon subcylindrodon[9]
- Archosauria indet.[6]
Fish
[edit | edit source]- Invertebrates[10]
- 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
[edit | edit source]See also
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- ^ Stuttgart Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Witzmann et al., 2016
- ^ a b Schoch & Milner, 2000
- ^ Münster, 1839
- ^ Sulej, 2002
- ^ a b c d Schoch, 2012
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- ^ Huene, 1905
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Linck, 1968
- ^ Kustatscher et al., 2012
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