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.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. .
Fauna Theropod tracks and an unnamed herrerasaur genus are known from the Lower Stubensandstein.
Archosaurs Dinosaurs Sauropodomorphs Sauropodomorphs of the Stubensandstein Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes ImagesEfraasiaE. minorLowerPlateosaurus"17.2 Baden-Württemberg, Germany; '1. Lower Stubensandstein' and '2. Middle Stubensandstein,'" in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 524. P. gracilis Middle Lower"17.2 Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 1. Lower Stubensandstein," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 524. "[Twenty one] partial skeletons, isolated elements, [three] partial skulls, juvenile to adult.""Table 12.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 236. Yates assigned the type material of Sellosaurus gracilis to Plateosaurus gracilis Yates, A.M. (2003). "Species taxonomy of the sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Löwenstein Formation (Norian, Late Triassic) of Germany". Palaeontology 46 (2): 317–337
Theropods Theropods of the Stubensandstein Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Dolichosuchus"17.2 Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 2. Middle Stubensandstein," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 524. D. cristatus Middle "Tibia""Table 3.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 50. Actually indeterminate coelophysoid remains Halticosaurus H. longotarsus Middle "Mandibular fragment, vertebrae, humerus, illium, femur, metatarsal." Later found to be indeterminate coelophysoid remains LiliensternusL. liliensterni Procompsognathus P. triassicus Middle "Partial postcranial skeleton.""Table 3.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 48.
Reptiles Archosaurs of the Stubensandstein Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes ImagesAetosaurusA. feratus LowerA. crassicaudaApatosuchusA. orbitoangulatusLower"Partial skull"MystriosuchusM. ?NicrosaurusN. kapffi MiddleN. meyeriParatypothoraxP. andressiMiddleSaltoposuchusS. connectens S. longipesTanystrosuchusT. posthomusMiddle" Neck vertebra" Teratosaurus T. suevicus Middle Galton and Benton showed that Teratosaurus is actually a rauisuchian.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.Benton, M.J. (1986). "The late Triassic reptile Teratosaurus - a rauisuchian, not a dinosaur". Palaeontology 29: 293-301.
Other Amniotes
Cyclotosaurus mordax Metoposaurus diagnosticus
See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Switzerland
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