Löwenstein Formation

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Löwenstein Formation
Stratigraphic range: Mid Norian (Alaunian) 215.6–212 Ma
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TypeGeological formation
Unit ofKeuper
UnderliesTrossingen Formation
OverliesMainhardt Formation
ThicknessAt least 80 m
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherMarl
Location
RegionEurope
Country Germany
 Switzerland
ExtentBavaria, Baden-Württemberg

The Löwenstein Formation (Stubensandstein in Baden-Württemberg, Burgsandstein in Bavaria) is a lithostratigraphic formation of the Keuper in Germany. It is underlain by the Mainhardt Formation and overlain by the Trossingen Formation. It dates back to the middle Norian.[1]

Fauna

Theropod tracks and an unnamed herrerasaur genus are known from the Lower Stubensandstein.[2]

Archosaurs of the Stubensandstein
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Aetosaurus A. feratus

A. crassicauda

Lower
Apatosuchus A. orbitoangulatus Lower "Partial skull"
Dolichosuchus[3] Dubious D. cristatus[3] Middle[3] "Tibia"[4] Actually indeterminate coelophysoid remains[3]
Efraasia E. minor Lower
Halticosaurus[3] Dubious H. longotarsus[3] Middle[3] "Mandibular fragment, vertebrae, humerus, illium, femur, metatarsal."[4] Later found to be indeterminate coelophysoid remains[3]
Liliensternus L. liliensterni
Mystriosuchus M. ?
Nicrosaurus N. kapffiN. meyeri Middle
Paratypothorax P. andressi Middle
Plateosaurus[5] P. gracilis[5] "[Twenty one] partial skeletons, isolated elements, [three] partial skulls, juvenile to adult."[6] Yates assigned the type material of Sellosaurus gracilis to Plateosaurus gracilis [7]
Procompsognathus[3] P. triassicus[3] Middle[3] "Partial postcranial skeleton."[8]
Saltoposuchus S. connectens S. longipes
TanystrosuchusDubious T. posthomus Middle " Neck vertebra"
Teratosaurus[3] T. suevicus[3] Middle[3] Galton and Benton showed that Teratosaurus is actually a rauisuchian.[9][10]

Other Amniotes

See also

References

  1. ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Triassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 521–525. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. ^ a b "17.2 Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 1. Lower Stubensandstein," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 524.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "17.2 Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 2. Middle Stubensandstein," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 524.
  4. ^ a b "Table 3.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 50.
  5. ^ a b "17.2 Baden-Württemberg, Germany; '1. Lower Stubensandstein' and '2. Middle Stubensandstein,'" in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 524.
  6. ^ "Table 12.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 236.
  7. ^ Yates, A.M. (2003). "Species taxonomy of the sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Löwenstein Formation (Norian, Late Triassic) of Germany". Palaeontology 46 (2): 317–337
  8. ^ "Table 3.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 48.
  9. ^ Galton, P. M. (1985). "The poposaurid thecodontian Teratosaurus suevicus von Meyer, plus referred specimens mostly based on prosauropod dinosaurs". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, B, 116: 1-29.
  10. ^ Benton, M.J. (1986). "The late Triassic reptile Teratosaurus - a rauisuchian, not a dinosaur". Palaeontology 29: 293-301.

Bibliography

  • Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2