Earth:Dachstein Formation
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Short description: Geologic formation in the southeastern Alps of Europe
| Dachstein Formation Stratigraphic range: Norian-Rhaetian (Sevatian) ~221–202 Ma | |
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 Bivalvia in Dachstein Formation | |
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 47°36′N 14°00′E / 47.6°N 14.0°E |
| 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
- Buffetaut, É. 1993. Phytosaurs in time and space. Paleontologia Lombardia 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. Geologija 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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