Stuttgart Formation Explained

Stuttgart Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Carnian ~
Period:	Carnian
Prilithology:	Sandstone
Otherlithology:	Claystone
Namedfor:	Stuttgart
Region:	Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia
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Coordinates:	49.2°N 9.3°W
Paleocoordinates:	21.4°N 14.9°W
Unitof:	Keuper
Subunits:	Ansbachersandstein & Schilfsandstein members
Underlies:	Weser & Steigerwald Formations
Overlies:	Grabfeld & Benk Formations

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

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

Therapsids

• Kannemeyeriiformes indet.(Possibly Woznikella triradiata)

Reptiles

• Dyoplax arenaceus
• Zanclodon subcylindrodon^[6]
• Archosauria indet.

Fish

• Lissodus sp.^[7]
• Palaeobates sp.^[8]

Invertebrates^[8]

• 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 meriani^[8]
• Danaeopsis marantacea^[9]
• D. rumphi^[8]
• Desmiophyllum imhoffi^[8]
• Dioonitocarpidium pennaeforme^[8]
• Neocalamites meriani^[8]
• Pagiophyllum foetterlei^[8]
• Voltziopsis coburgensis^[8]
• Widdringtonites keuperianus^[8]
• Equisetites sp.^[8]
• Pterophyllum sp.^[8]

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

Bibliography

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Stuttgart&group_formation_member=Stuttgart Stuttgart Formation
2. Witzmann et al., 2016
3. Schoch & Milner, 2000
4. Münster, 1839
5. Sulej, 2002
6. Huene, 1905
7. Schoch, 2012
8. Linck, 1968
9. Kustatscher et al., 2012