The Stuttgart Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carnian stage of the Triassic period.Stuttgart Formation at Fossilworks.org
Fossil content
Temnospondyls
Cyclotosaurus buechneriWitzmann et al., 2016 C. robustusSchoch & Milner, 2000 Hyperokynodon keuperinus Mastodonsaurus andrianiMünster, 1839 Metoposaurus diagnosticusSulej, 2002 Gerrothorax sp.
Therapsids Kannemeyeriiformes indet.(Possibly Woznikella triradiata)
Reptiles Calamosuchus arenaceus Dyoplax arenaceus Thuringopelta werneburgi Zanclodon subcylindrodonHuene, 1905 Archosauria indet.
Fish Lissodus sp.Schoch, 2012 Palaeobates sp.Linck, 1968
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 marantaceaKustatscher et al., 2012 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
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