Stuttgart Formation

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| name = Stuttgart Formation

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| type = Formation

| age = Carnian
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| period = Carnian

| prilithology = Sandstone

| otherlithology = Claystone

| namedfor = Stuttgart

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| region = Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia

| country = Germany, Switzerland

| coordinates = {{coord|49.2|N|9.3|E|display=inline}}

| paleocoordinates = {{coord|21.4|N|14.9|E|display=inline}}

| unitof = Keuper

| subunits = Ansbachersandstein & Schilfsandstein members

| underlies = Weser & Steigerwald Formations

| overlies = Grabfeld & Benk Formations

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| area =

| map = {{Location map+ | Germany

| relief = 1

| width = 250

| float = center

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{{Location map~ | Germany

| lat_deg = 49.8

| lon_deg = 9.9

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| marksize = 10

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{{Location map~ | Germany

| lat_deg = 48.8

| lon_deg = 9.2

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| marksize = 10

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{{Location map~ | Germany

| lat_deg = 49.1

| lon_deg = 9.3

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| marksize = 10

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{{Location map~ | Germany

| lat_deg = 52.0

| lon_deg = 8.5

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| marksize = 10

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{{Location map~ | Germany

| lat_deg = 48.9

| lon_deg = 9.4

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{{Location map~ | Germany

| lat_deg = 48.5

| lon_deg = 8.9

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{{Location map~ | Germany

| lat_deg = 49.4

| lon_deg = 10.5

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{{Location map~ | Germany

| lat_deg = 47.6

| lon_deg = 7.6

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{{Location map~ | Germany

| lat_deg = 49.2

| lon_deg = 9.3

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The Stuttgart Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carnian stage of the Triassic period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Stuttgart&group_formation_member=Stuttgart Stuttgart Formation] at Fossilworks.org

Fossil content

{{see also|Ansbachersandstein#Fossil content}}

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See also

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References

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= Bibliography =

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  • {{citation |last=Sulej |first=T |year=2002 |title=Species discrimination of the Late Triassic temnospondyl amphibian Metoposaurus diagnosticus |url=https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app47/app47-535.pdf |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=47 |pages=535–546 |accessdate=2020-10-19}}
  • {{citation |last1=Schoch |first1=R. |first2=A. R. |last2=Milner |year=2000 |title=Stereospondyli |journal=Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie |volume=3B |pages=1–203}}
  • {{citation |last=Linck |first=O |year=1968 |title=Die marinen Muschelfauna des Schilfsandsteins von Eberstadt, Wuerttemberg, (Trias, Karn, mittl. Keuper 2) und deren Bedeutung |journal=Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterlaendsiche Naturkunde in Wuerttemberg |volume=123 |pages=69–133}}
  • {{citation |last=Huene |first=F. von |year=1905 |title=Trias-Dinosaurier Europas - European Triassic dinosaurs |journal=Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft |volume=57 |pages=345–349}}
  • {{citation |last=Fraas |first=E |year=1896 |title=Die Schwäbischen Trias-Saurier nach dem Material der Kgl. Naturalien-Sammlung in Stuttgart zusammengestellt - Swabian Triassic dinosaurs based on the material in the Royal Natural History Collection compiled in Stuttgart |publisher=Festgabe des Königlichen Naturalien-Cabinets In Stuttgart zur 42 Versammlung der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft in Stuttgart, August 1896. E. Schweizerbartische Verlag-handlung (E. Koch), Stuttgart |pages=1–18}}
  • {{citation |last=Münster |first=G. G |year=1839 |title=Mastodonsaurus andriani |journal=Beiträge zur Petrefactenkunde |volume= |pages=102–103}}

Category:Triassic System of Europe

Category:Triassic Germany

Category:Triassic Switzerland

Category:Carnian Stage

Category:Sandstone formations

Category:Shale formations

Category:Fluvial deposits

Category:Lacustrine deposits

Category:Lagoonal deposits

Category:Paleontology in Germany

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