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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	49°12′N 9°18′E / 49.2°N 9.3°E
Approximate paleocoordinates	21°24′N 14°54′E / 21.4°N 14.9°E
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

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

Reptiles

Fish

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

Invertebrates^[8]

Flora

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

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