Trossingen Formation

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Trossingen Formation
Stratigraphic range: Norian-Rhaetian
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofKeuper
Sub-unitsKnollenmergel Member
UnderliesExter Formation
OverliesLöwenstein Formation
Thickness55- 60 m in Franconia, 10 m in southern Wuttemberg
Lithology
PrimaryClaystone
Location
RegionEurope
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]


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