Stuttgart Formation

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

Fossil content

Temnospondyls

• Cyclotosaurus buechneri
• C. robustus
• Hyperokynodon keuperinus
• Mastodonsaurus andriani
• Metoposaurus diagnosticus
• Gerrothorax sp.

Therapsids

• Kannemeyeriiformes indet.(Possibly Woznikella triradiata)

Reptiles

• Calamosuchus arenaceus
• Dyoplax arenaceus
• Thuringopelta werneburgi
• Zanclodon subcylindrodon
• Archosauria indet.

Fish

• Lissodus sp.
• Palaeobates sp.

Invertebrates

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

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

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