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The Stubensandstein is a geological formation in Germany. It dates back to the middle Norian

Norian

The Norian is a division of the Triassic geological period. It has the rank of an age or stage . The Norian lasted from 216.5 ± 2.0 to 203.6 ± 1.5 million years ago. It was preceded by the Carnian and succeeded by the Rhaetian.-Stratigraphic definitions:The Norian was named after the Noric Alps in...

Dinosaurs

Theropod tracks and an unnamed herrersaur genus are known from the Lower Stubensandstein.

Dinosaur Dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of... s of the Stubensandstein
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Dolichosuchus Dolichosuchus Dolichosuchus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Triassic. It was originally classified in the disused family Hallopodidae, but has been reclassified as a coelophysoid. A single fossil was found in Germany. Since only one bone was discovered, the genus is considered a nomen dubium...	D. cristatus		Middle	"Tibia."	Actually indeterminate ceratosaur remains.
Halticosaurus Halticosaurus Halticosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Late Triassic period . It was a coelophysoid found in the Middle Stubensandstein formation of what is present-day Germany...	H. longotarsus		Middle	"Mandibular fragment, vertebrae, humerus, illium, femur, metatarsal."	Actually indeterminate ceratosaur remains.
Pachysaurus	P. giganteus			"Partial pedes."
Palaeosaurus Palaeosaurus Several very different genera of prehistoric animals have been named Palaeosaurus or Paleosaurus since the 1830s. Further confusing the matter, all of the species are poorly known or poorly preserved and both spellings have been used interchangeably, even by the same authors.The repeated recurrence...	P. diagnosticus		Middle		Actually Sellosaurus gracilis remains.
Procompsognathus Procompsognathus Procompsognathus is a genus of small theropod dinosaur that lived during the late Triassic period , about 210 million years ago. Procompsognathus was named by Eberhard Fraas in 1913. He named the type species, P...	P. triassicus		Middle	"Partial postcranial skeleton."
Sellosaurus	S. fraasi		Middle		Actually indeterminate prosauropod remains.
Sellosaurus	S. gracilis		Middle Lower	"[Twenty one] partial skeletons, isolated elements, [three] partial skulls, juvenile to adult."
Teratosaurus Teratosaurus Teratosaurus was a genus of rauisuchian known from the Triassic Stubensandstein of Germany...	T. minor		Middle		Actually indeterminate prosauropod remains.
	T. trossingensis		Middle		Actually indeterminate prosauropod remains.
Thecodontosaurus Thecodontosaurus Thecodontosaurus is a genus of herbivorous basal sauropodomorph dinosaur which lived during the late Triassic period ....	T. hermannianus		Middle		Actually Sellosaurus gracilis remains.

Dinosaurs

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