Dachstein Formation
| Dachstein Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Norian-Rhaetian (Sevatian) ~ | |
 Bivalvia in Dachstein Formation | |
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 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 Bessuno, Brescia, South Tyrol Tatra Mountains |
| Country | Austria Germany Hungary Italy Slovakia 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 dated 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
- Agathammina austroalpina[4]
- Cnemidium vallisnerii[5]
- Dicerocardium curionii[5]
- D. jani[5]
- Megalodus hoernesi[5]
- M. laczkoi[5]
- Involutina communis[4]
- I. gaschei[4]
- I. tenuis[4]
- Nodosaria ordinata[4]
- Rhaetina gregaria[5]
- Semiinvoluta clari[4]
- Triasina oberhauseri[4]
- Trocholina acuta[4]
- T. alpina[4]
- T. permodiscoides[4]
- Alpinophragmium sp.[4]
- Involutina sp.[4]
- Nodosaria sp.[4]
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
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Hungary
- Geologic formations of Slovakia
- Geologic formations of Slovenia
- 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