Dachstein Formation
Dachstein Formation Stratigraphic range: Norian-Rhaetian () ~ | |
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Type | Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 47°36′N 14°00′E / 47.6°N 14.0°ECoordinates: 47°36′N 14°00′E / 47.6°N 14.0°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 25°24′N 17°36′E / 25.4°N 17.6°E |
Region | Styria Veszprém , Brescia, South Tyrol Tatra Mountains |
Country | Austria Germany Hungary Italy Slovenia Slovenia Switzerland |
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[]
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Austria
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Hungary
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Italy
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Slovakia
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Slovenia
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Switzerland
References[]
Bibliography[]
- . 1993. Phytosaurs in time and space. , Nuova serie 2. 39–44.
- . 1981. A survey of the Rhaetian (Upper Triassic) Bivalvia from Borzavár (Bakony Mts., Hungary). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 73. 33–54.
- ; , and . 1979. The Norian-Rhaetian boundary in the light of micropaleontological data. 22. 71–112.
- . 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.
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Austria
- Geologic formations of Germany
- Geologic formations of Hungary
- Geologic formations of Italy
- Geologic formations of Slovakia
- Geologic formations of Slovenia
- Geologic formations of Switzerland
- Triassic System of Europe
- Triassic Austria
- Triassic Germany
- Triassic Italy
- Triassic Switzerland
- Norian Stage
- Rhaetian Stage
- Limestone formations
- Lagoonal deposits
- Shallow marine deposits
- Paleontology in Austria
- Paleontology in Hungary
- Paleontology in Italy
- Paleontology in Slovakia
- Paleontology in Slovenia
- Geology of the Alps
- Northern Limestone Alps
- Southern Limestone Alps