Stuttgart Formation

Geologic formation in Germany

Stuttgart Formation

Stratigraphic range: Carnian
~235–222 Ma

PreꞒ

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

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See also: Ansbachersandstein § Fossil content

### Temnospondyls

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* Cyclotosaurus buechneri[2]
* C. robustus[3]
* Hyperokynodon keuperinus[3]
* Mastodonsaurus andriani[4]
* Metoposaurus diagnosticus[5]
* Gerrothorax sp.[6]

### Therapsids

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

### Reptiles

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* Dyoplax arenaceus
* Thuringopelta werneburgi[7]
* Zanclodon subcylindrodon[8]
* Archosauria indet.[6]

### Fish

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* Lissodus sp.[6]
* Palaeobates sp.[9]

Invertebrates[9]

* 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

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* Clathrophyllum meriani[9]
* Danaeopsis marantacea[10]
* D. rumphi[9]
* Desmiophyllum imhoffi[9]
* Dioonitocarpidium pennaeforme[9]
* Neocalamites meriani[9]
* Pagiophyllum foetterlei[9]
* Voltziopsis coburgensis[9]
* Widdringtonites keuperianus[9]
* Equisetites sp.[9]
* Pterophyllum sp.[9]

## See also

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* 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

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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. ^ 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.
8. ^ Huene, 1905
9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Linck, 1968
10. ^ 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