Trossingen Formation

Trossingen Formation
Stratigraphic range: Norian-Rhaetian
Type Geological formation
Unit of Keuper
Sub-units Knollenmergel Member
Underlies Exter Formation
Overlies Löwenstein Formation
Thickness 55- 60 m in Franconia, 10 m in southern Wuttemberg
Lithology
Primary Claystone
Location
Region Europe
Country  Germany

The Trossingen Formation, formerly the Knollenmergel, is a geological formation in Germany. It dates back to the late Norian.[1]

Vertebrate fauna

Dinosaurs of the Trossingen Formation
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Infraorder:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[1]
  1. Includes cf. Liliensternus .[1]
cf. Liliensternus
Plateosaurus specimens from Trossingen

Genus:

  1. P. engelhardti[1]
  1. Includes P. longiceps, P. fraasianus, P. integer, P. trossingensis.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Infraorder:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[1]
  1. Includes Plateosaurus erlenbergiensis, P. plieningeri, P. quenstedti and, Gresslyosaurus robustus. "Pachysaurus" species P. ajax, P. giganteus, P. magnus, P. reiningeri, and P. wetzelianus[1] Several of these belong to Plateosaurus engelhardti

Pterospondylus trielbae - "Vertebra."[7]

Other sources identify:

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
 Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Dinosaurs reported from the Knollenmergel Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Gresslyosaurus[8]

G. ingens

"Incomplete sacrum, caudals, metacarpal, partial hindlimb."[9]

G. torgeri[8]

"Postcranial skeleton."[9]

Indeterminate prosauropod remains.[8] A referred skull was once known but has since been lost.[9]
Plateosaurus

Halticosaurus[10]

H. liliensterni[11]

H. longotarsus[12]

Indeterminate ceratosaur remains.[12]

Liliensternus[11]

L. liliensterni[11]

Two partial skeletons of subadults.[13]

"(=Halticosaurus liliensterni)"[11]

Pachysaurus

P. ajax

"Partial skeleton."[9]

P. magnus

"Fragmentary skeleton."[9]

P. wetzelianus

"Fragmentary skeletons."[9]

Palaeosaurus[14]

P. diagnosticus[14]

Actually Plateosaurus longiceps remains.[12]

Plateosaurus[15]

P. erlenbergiensis

"Partial skull and skeleton."[16]

P. longiceps[15]

Includes "cf. Palaeosaurus ?diagnosticus."[12]

P. plieningeri

"Partial skeleton."[16]

P. quenstedti

"Partial skeleton."[16]

Ruehleia[11]

R. bedheimensis[11]

"Nearly complete skeleton, [two] incomplete skeletons, juvenile to adult."[18]


See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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. ↑ Huene, F. von (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 [German]
  3. ↑ Huene, F. von (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 [German]
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ 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 [German with extended English summary]
  6. ↑ Yates, A.M. (2003). "Species taxonomy of the sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Löwenstein Formation (Norian, Late Triassic) of Germany". Palaeontology 46(2):317–337.
  7. ↑ "Table 3.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 50.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "18.1 Kanton Baselland, Switzerland; 1. Knollenmergel," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 524.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Table 12.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 236.
  10. ↑ "17.4 Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel" and "17.5 Thuringen, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 524.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "17.5 Thuringen, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 524.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "17.4 Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 524.
  13. ↑ "Table 3.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 48.
  14. 1 2 Listed as "cf. Palaeosaurus ?diagnosticus" in "17.4 Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 524.
  15. 1 2 "17.1 Biedersachsen, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel" and "17.4 Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 524.
  16. 1 2 3 "Table 12.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 237.
  17. ↑ "17.1 Biedersachsen, Germany; 1. Knollenmergel," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 524.
  18. ↑ "Table 12.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 235.

Further reading

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp.  ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
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