Stuttgart Formation

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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
TypeFormation
Unit ofKeuper
Sub-unitsAnsbachersandstein & Schilfsandstein members
UnderliesWeser & Steigerwald Formations
OverliesGrabfeld & Benk Formations
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherClaystone
Location
Coordinates49°12′N 9°18′E / 49.2°N 9.3°E / 49.2; 9.3
Approximate paleocoordinates21°24′N 14°54′E / 21.4°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

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Temnospondyls

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Therapsids

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Reptiles

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Fish

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Invertebrates[8]

Flora

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See also

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References

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

Bibliography

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  • Witzmann, F.; Sachs, S.; Nyhuis, C. J. (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 (2): 83–100, Bibcode:2016FossR..19...83W, doi:10.5194/fr-19-83-2016, retrieved 2020-10-19
  • Kustatscher, E.; Kelber, K.-P.; Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, J. H. A. (2012), "Danaeopsis Heer ex Schimper 1869 and its European Triassic species", Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 183: 32–49, Bibcode:2012RPaPa.183...32K, doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.06.011
  • 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 (2): 119–123, doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0216
  • Sulej, T (2002), "Species discrimination of the Late Triassic temnospondyl amphibian Metoposaurus diagnosticus" (PDF), Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 47: 535–546, retrieved 2020-10-19
  • Schoch, R.; Milner, A. R. (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, 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, pp. 1–18
  • Münster, G. G (1839), "Mastodonsaurus andriani", Beiträge zur Petrefactenkunde: 102–103