Trossingen Formation Explained

Trossingen Formation
Type:Geological formation
Age:Norian-Rhaetian
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Period:Late Triassic
Prilithology:Marl, claystone
Otherlithology:Mudstone, sandstone, conglomerate
Namedfor:Trossingen
Namedby:Beutler
Year Ts:2005
Region:Central Europe
Country: Germany
Coordinates:48.8°N 9.2°W
Paleocoordinates:31.9°N 10.4°W
Unitof:Keuper
Subunits:Feuerletten, Grenzmergel & Knollenmergel Members
Underlies:Exter Formation
Overlies:Löwenstein Formation
Thickness:Franconia: 55-
Southern Württemberg: 10m (30feet)
Extent:Southern half of Germany

The Trossingen Formation, formerly the Knollenmergel, is a geological formation in Germany and Switzerland. It dates back to the late Norian-Rhaetian.[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs of the Trossingen Formation
genus Species Location Material Notes Images
Plateosaurus[2] P. erlenbergiensis"Partial skull and skeleton."[3] Nomen dubium
P. longiceps Includes "cf. Palaeosaurus ?diagnosticus"
P. engelhardtiNomen dubium
P. trossingensis
ProsauropodaIndeterminate remainsIncludes P. plieningeri, P. quenstedti and, Gresslyosaurus robustus. "Pachysaurus" species P. ajax, P. giganteus, P. magnus, P. reiningeri, and P. wetzelianus Several of these may belong to Plateosaurus engelhardti
Tuebingosaurus[6] T.maierfritzorumKnown from a partial postcranial skeletonA derived sauropodiform, previously attributed to P. plieningeri.
Pterospondylus[7] P. trielbaeKnown from a vertebra
Gresslyosaurus[8] G. ingens"Incomplete sacrum, caudals, metacarpal, partial hindlimb."[9]
G. torgeriKanton Baselland"Postcranial skeleton"Indeterminate prosauropod remains. A referred skull was once known but has since been lost.
Halticosaurus[10] H. liliensterniThüringen
H. longotarsusSachsen-AnhaltIndeterminate coelophysoid remains
Liliensternus[11] L. liliensterniThüringenTwo partial skeletons of subadults[12] "(=Halticosaurus liliensterni)"
RuehleiaR. bedheimensisThüringen"Nearly complete skeleton, [two] incomplete skeletons, juvenile to adult."[13]

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Notes and References

  1. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.521–525
  2. "17.1 Niedersachsen, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel" and "17.4 Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.524
  3. "Table 12.1," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.237
  4. "17.4 Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.524
  5. "17.1 Niedersachsen, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.524
  6. Regalado Fernández OR, Werneburg I . 2022 . A new massopodan sauropodomorph from Trossingen Formation (Germany) hidden as Plateosaurus for 100 years in the historical Tübingen collection . Vertebrate Zoology . 72 . 771–822 . 10.3897/vz.72.e86348 . free .
  7. "Table 3.1," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.50
  8. "18.1 Kanton Baselland, Switzerland; 1. Knollenmergel," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.524
  9. "Table 12.1," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.236
  10. "17.4 Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel" and "17.5 Thuringen, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.524
  11. "17.5 Thuringen, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.524
  12. "Table 3.1," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.48
  13. "Table 12.1," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.235