| 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 | 49°12′N 9°18′E / 49.2°N 9.3°E / 49.2; 9.3 |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 21°24′N 14°54′E / 21.4°N 14.9°E / 21.4; 14.9 |
| Region | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany, Switzerland |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Stuttgart |
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
Reptiles
- Calamosuchus arenaceus7
- Dyoplax arenaceus
- Thuringopelta werneburgi8
- Zanclodon subcylindrodon9
- Archosauria indet.6
Fish
- Invertebrates10
- 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 meriani10
- Danaeopsis marantacea11
- D. rumphi10
- Desmiophyllum imhoffi10
- Dioonitocarpidium pennaeforme10
- Neocalamites meriani10
- Pagiophyllum foetterlei10
- Voltziopsis coburgensis10
- Widdringtonites keuperianus10
- Equisetites sp.10
- Pterophyllum sp.10
See also
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
References
- Stuttgart Formation at Fossilworks.org
- Witzmann et al., 2016
- Schoch & Milner, 2000
- Münster, 1839
- Sulej, 2002
- Schoch, 2012
- Sues, Hans-Dieter; Schoch, Rainer R. (2025-12-04). "Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany". Fossil Record. 28 (2): 411–483. doi:10.3897/fr.28.164405. ISSN 2193-0074.
- Sues, H.-D.; Schoch, R. R. (2025). "A doswelliid archosauriform from the Upper Triassic (Carnian) Stuttgart Formation of Thuringia (Germany)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e2455949. doi:10.1080/02724634.2025.2455949.
- Huene, 1905
- Linck, 1968
- Kustatscher et al., 2012
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