Dachstein Formation

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Dachstein Formation
Stratigraphic range: Norian-Rhaetian ()
~221–202 Ma
TypeFormation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
Location
Coordinates47°36′N 14°00′E / 47.6°N 14.0°E / 47.6; 14.0Coordinates: 47°36′N 14°00′E / 47.6°N 14.0°E / 47.6; 14.0
Approximate paleocoordinates25°24′N 17°36′E / 25.4°N 17.6°E / 25.4; 17.6
RegionStyria
Veszprém
, Brescia, South Tyrol
Tatra Mountains
Country Austria
 Germany
 Hungary
 Italy
 Slovenia
 Slovenia
  Switzerland
Dachstein Formation is located in Alps
Dachstein Formation
Dachstein Formation
Dachstein Formation
Dachstein Formation (Alps)

The Dachstein Formation or Dachstein Limestone (German: Dachsteinkalk) is a geologic formation in the Alps and other Tethyan mountain ranges in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, Slovakia and Slovenia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Norian and Rhaetian stages of the Late Triassic period.[1][2]

Fossil content[]

Among others, the following fossils were reported from the formation:

Reptiles
Invertebrates

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Dachsteinkalk at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Dachstein limestones at Fossilworks.org
  3. ^ Buffetaut, 1993
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Gazdzicki et al., 1979
  5. ^ a b c d e f Frech, 1912

Bibliography[]

  • Buffetaut, É. 1993. Phytosaurs in time and space. , Nuova serie 2. 39–44.
  • Vörös, A. 1981. A survey of the Rhaetian (Upper Triassic) Bivalvia from Borzavár (Bakony Mts., Hungary). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 73. 33–54.
  • Gazdzicki, A.; H. Kozur, and R. Mock. 1979. The Norian-Rhaetian boundary in the light of micropaleontological data. 22. 71–112.
  • Frech, F. 1912. Neue Zweischaler und Brachiopoden aus der Bakonyer Trias - New bivalves and brachiopods from the Bakony Trias. Resultate der Wissenschaftlichen Erforschung des Balatonsees, II Band: Paläontologie der Umgebung des Balatonsees 1. 1–138.
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