Trossingen Formation
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| Trossingen Formation | |
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| Stratigraphic range: Norian-Rhaetian ~ | |
 Excavation in 1912 | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Keuper |
| Sub-units | Feuerletten, Grenzmergel & Knollenmergel Members |
| Underlies | Exter Formation |
| Overlies | Löwenstein Formation |
| Thickness | Franconia: 55–60 m (180–197 ft) Southern Württemberg: 10 m (33 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Marl, claystone |
| Other | Mudstone, sandstone, conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 48°48′N 9°12′E / 48.8°N 9.2°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 31°54′N 10°24′E / 31.9°N 10.4°E |
| Region | Central Europe |
| Country |  Germany Switzerland |
| Extent | Southern half of Germany |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Trossingen |
| Named by | Beutler |
| Year defined | 2005 |
  Trossingen Formation (Germany) | |
The Trossingen Formation, formerly the Knollenmergel, is a geological formation in Germany and Switzerland. It dates back to the late Norian-Rhaetian.[1]
Vertebrate paleofauna
[edit]Dinosaurs
[edit]Sauropodomorphs
[edit]| Sauropodomorphs of the Trossingen Formation | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes | Images | |
| Gresslyosaurus[2] | G. ingens | "Incomplete sacrum, caudals, metacarpal, partial hindlimb."[3] | ||||
| G. torgeri[2] | Kanton Baselland[2] | "Postcranial skeleton"[3] | Indeterminate prosauropod remains.[2] A referred skull was once known but has since been lost.[3] | |||
| Plateosaurus[4] | P. erlenbergiensis | "Partial skull and skeleton."[5] | Nomen dubium |  | ||
| P. longiceps[4] | Includes "cf. Palaeosaurus ?diagnosticus"[6] | |||||
| P. engelhardti[1] | Nomen dubium | |||||
| P. trossingensis | ||||||
| Prosauropoda[1] | Indeterminate remains[1] | Includes P. plieningeri, P. quenstedti and, Gresslyosaurus robustus. "Pachysaurus" species P. ajax, P. giganteus, P. magnus, P. reiningeri, and P. wetzelianus[1] Several of these may belong to Plateosaurus engelhardti | ||||
| Ruehleia[8] | R. bedheimensis[8] | Thüringen[8] | "Nearly complete skeleton, [two] incomplete skeletons, juvenile to adult."[9] | |||
| Tuebingosaurus[10] | T. maierfritzorum | Known from a partial postcranial skeleton | A derived sauropodiform, previously attributed to P. plieningeri. | |||
Theropods
[edit]| Theropods of the Trossingen Formation | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes | Images | |
| Pterospondylus[11] | P. trielbae | Known from a vertebra |  | |||
| Halticosaurus[12] | H. liliensterni[8] | Thüringen[8] | ||||
| H. longotarsus[6] | Sachsen-Anhalt[6] | Indeterminate coelophysoid remains | ||||
| Liliensternus[8] | L. liliensterni[8] | Thüringen[8] | Two partial skeletons of subadults[13] | "(=Halticosaurus liliensterni)"[8] |  | |
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
See also
[edit]- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Switzerland
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.521–525
- ^ a b c d "18.1 Kanton Baselland, Switzerland; 1. Knollenmergel," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.524
- ^ a b c "Table 12.1," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.236
- ^ a b "17.1 Niedersachsen, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel" and "17.4 Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.524
- ^ "Table 12.1," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.237
- ^ a b c d "17.4 Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.524
- ^ "17.1 Niedersachsen, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.524
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "17.5 Thuringen, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.524
- ^ "Table 12.1," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.235
- ^ Regalado Fernández OR, Werneburg I (2022). "A new massopodan sauropodomorph from Trossingen Formation (Germany) hidden as 'Plateosaurus' for 100 years in the historical Tübingen collection". Vertebrate Zoology. 72: 771–822. doi:10.3897/vz.72.e86348.
- ^ "Table 3.1," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.50
- ^ "17.4 Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel" and "17.5 Thuringen, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.524
- ^ "Table 3.1," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.48
Bibliography
[edit]- Schoch, Rainer R.; Seegis, Dieter (2014). "Taphonomy, deposition, and pedogenesis in the Upper Triassic dinosaur beds of Trossingen". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 94 (4): 571. Bibcode:2014PdPe...94..571S. doi:10.1007/s12549-014-0166-8. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka, eds. (2004). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 1–880. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- Moser, M. (2003). "Plateosaurus engelhardti Meyer, 1837 (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) aus dem Feuerletten (Mittelkeuper; Obertrias) von Bayern - Plateosaurus engelhardti Meyer, 1837 (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) from the Feuerletten (Mittelkeuper; Obertrias) of Bavaria". Zitteliana Reihe B: Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie. 24: 1–186.
- Yates, A. M. (2003). "Species taxonomy of the sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Löwenstein Formation (Norian, Late Triassic) of Germany". Palaeontology. 46 (2): 317–337. Bibcode:2003Palgy..46..317Y. doi:10.1111/j.0031-0239.2003.00301.x.
- Galton, P. M. (1984). "Cranial anatomy of the prosauropod dinosaur Plateosaurus from the Knollenmergel (Middle Keuper, Upper Triassic) of Germany. I. Two complete skulls from Trossingen/Württ. With comments on the diet". Geologica et Palaeontologica. 18: 139–171.
- von Huene, F. (1932). "Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte - The fossil order of reptiles Saurischia, their development and history". Monographien zur Geologie und Paläontologie. 4: 1–361.
- von Huene, F. (1928). "Lebensbild des Saurischier-Vorkommens im obersten Keuper von Trossingen in Württemberg - Pictures of the life of the Saurischia present in the upper-most Keuper of Trossingen in Württemberg". Palaeobiologica. 1: 103–116.
Further reading
[edit]- Beutler, G. Lithostratigraphie. In: Deutsche Stratigraphische Kommission (Hrsg.): Stratigraphie von Deutschland IV – Keuper. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 253: 65-84, Stuttgart 2005. ISSN 0341-4116
- Nitsch, E. Der Keuper in der Stratigraphischen Tabelle von Deutschland 2002: Formationen und Folgen. Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 41(1-3): 159-171, Stuttgart 2005. ISSN 0078-0421
- Beutler, G., Hauschke< N. und Nitsch< E. Faziesentwicklung des Keupers im Germanischen Becken. In: Norbert Hauschke & Volker Wilde (Hrsg.): Trias – Eine ganze andere Welt. Mitteleuropa im frühen Erdmittelalter. S. 129–174, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München 1999. ISBN 3-931516-55-5
- Mückenhausen, E. Die Bodenkunde und ihre geologischen, geomorphologischen, mineralogischen und petrologischen Grundlagen. 4. erg. Aufl., 579 S., DLG-Verlag, Frankfurt/M. 1993. ISBN 3-7690-0511-2
- Schlichting, E. Einführung in die Bodenkunde. 3. Aufl., 131 S, Parey, Hamburg & Berlin, 1993. ISBN 3-490-20115-9
- F. Cimerman. 1963. Ob dinozavrovem grobu - On a dinosaur graveyard Proteus 25(4-5):116-119
- B. Peyer. 1956. Über Zähne von Haramiyiden, von Triconodonten und von wahrscheinlich synapsiden Reptilien aus dem Rhät von Hallau, Kt. Schaffhausen, Schweiz - On the teeth of haramiyids, triconodonts, and probable synapsid reptiles from the Rhaetic of Hallau, Kanton Schaffhausen, Switzerland Schweizerische Paleontologische Abhandlungen 72:1-72
- O. Kuhn. 1939. Beiträge zur Keuperfauna von Halberstadt - Contributions to the Keuper fauna of Halberstadt Paläontologische Zeitschrift 21:258-286
- R. Dehm. 1935. Beobachtungen im oberen Bunten Keuper Mittelfrankens - Observations on the upper Bunter Keuper from middle Franconia Zentralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Abteilung B: Geologie und Paläontologie 1935(4):97-109
- F. v. Huene. 1934. Ein neuer Coelurosaurier in der thüringischen Trias - A new coelurosaur in the Thuringian Trias Paläontologische Zeitschrift 16(3/4):145-170
- O. Jaekel. 1914. Über die Wirbeltierfunde in der oberen Trias von Halberstadt - On the vertebrate remains in the Upper Triassic of Halberstadt Paläontologische Zeitschrift 1(1):155-215
- W. Obermeyer. 1912. Neue Funde von Tierfährten im Mittleren Keuper bei Stuttgart - New finds of animal tracks in the Middle Keuper of Stuttgart Aus der Heimat 25(5):121, 129-137
- O. Jaekel. 1910. Die Fussstellung und Lebensweise der grossen Dinosaurier - The foot posture and way of life of the large dinosaurs Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 62:270-277
- F. v. Huene. 1908. Die Dinosaurier der Europäischen Triasformation mit berücksichtigung der Ausseuropäischen vorkommnisse - The dinosaurs of the European Triassic formations with consideration of occurrences outside Europe Geologische und Palaeontologische Abhandlungen Suppl. 1(1):1-419
- F. v. Huene. 1905. Trias-Dinosaurier Europas - European Triassic dinosaurs Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 57:345-349
- H. J. Hagen. 1886. Die geologischen Verhältnisse im Arbeitsgebiete der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft Nürnberg - The geological conditions in the working areas of the Natural History Society of Nuremberg Abhandlungen der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft zu Nürnberg 8:1-27
- T. Plieninger. 1850. Prof. Dr. Plieninger, welcher schon zuvor erklärt hatte, nur dann Einiges zur Sprache bringen zu wollen, wenn nach Anhörung der Vorträge auswärtiger Mitglieder noch Zeit übrig wäre, berührte in freiem Vortrag, den er später geschrieben zu den Akten gab, zuletzt noch folgende Gegenstände - Prof. Dr. Plieninger, who had already previously explained that he only would talk about certain things if there was enough time after listening to the presentations by outside members, touched on the following subjects in an informal presentation, of which he subsequently deposited a written record in the archives Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 8:161-172
- H. v. Meyer. 1837. Mittheilungen, an Professor Bronn gerichtet - Communications, sent to Professor Bronn Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 1837:314-317
Categories:
- Triassic System of Europe
- Triassic Germany
- Triassic Switzerland
- Norian Stage
- Shale formations
- Mudstone formations
- Sandstone formations
- Conglomerate formations
- Marl formations
- Deltaic deposits
- Fluvial deposits
- Lacustrine deposits
- Shallow marine deposits
- Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of Europe
- Paleontology in Germany
- Paleontology in Switzerland