Ansbachersandstein Explained

Ansbachersandstein
Type:	Member
Age:	Carnian ~
Period:	Carnian
Prilithology:	Sandstone
Namedfor:	Ansbach
Region:	Northern Bavaria
Country:	Germany
Coordinates:	49.5°N 10.8°W
Paleocoordinates:	22.1°N 15.7°W
Unitof:	Stuttgart Formation

The Ansbachersandstein (German for Ansbach Sandstone) is a Late Triassic (Carnian) geologic formation in Germany. Indeterminate fossil ornithischian tracks have been reported from the formation.^[1]

Fossil content

• Ichnofossils
  • Apatopus lineatus
  • Atreipus metzneri
  • Chirotherium wondrai

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
    • Indeterminate ornithischian tracks
• 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

Bibliography

Further reading

• H. Klein and S. G. Lucas. 2013. The Late Triassic tetrapod ichnotaxon Apatopus lineatus (Bock 1952) and its distribution. In L. H. Tanner, J. A. Spielmann, S. G. Lucas (eds.), The Triassic System: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (61)
• F. Heller. 1952. Reptilfährten-Funde aus dem Ansbacher Sandstein des Mittleren Keupers von Franken [Reptile track discoveries from the Anshbacher Sandstone of the Middle Keuper of Franconia]. Geologische Blätter für Nordost-Bayern und angrenzende Gebiete 2(4):129-141

Notes and References

1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.