Stuttgart Formation

The Stuttgart Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carnian stage of the Triassic period.^[1]

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	49.2°N 9.3°E / 49.2; 9.3
Approximate paleocoordinates	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)

Fossil content

See also: Ansbachersandstein § Fossil content

Temnospondyls

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

Therapsids

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

Reptiles

• Calamosuchus arenaceus^[7]
• Dyoplax arenaceus
• Thuringopelta werneburgi^[8]
• Zanclodon subcylindrodon^[9]
• Archosauria indet.^[6]

Fish

• Lissodus sp.^[6]
• Palaeobates sp.^[10]

Invertebrates^[10]

• 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^[10]
• Danaeopsis marantacea^[11]
• D. rumphi^[10]
• Desmiophyllum imhoffi^[10]
• Dioonitocarpidium pennaeforme^[10]
• Neocalamites meriani^[10]
• Pagiophyllum foetterlei^[10]
• Voltziopsis coburgensis^[10]
• Widdringtonites keuperianus^[10]
• Equisetites sp.^[10]
• Pterophyllum sp.^[10]

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