Dachstein Formation Explained

Dachstein Formation
Type:Formation
Age:Norian-Rhaetian (Sevatian)
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Period:Rhaetian
Prilithology:Limestone
Region:Styria
Veszprém
Bessuno, Brescia, South Tyrol
Tatra Mountains
Country:Austria
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Slovakia
Slovenia
Switzerland
Coordinates:47.6°N 14°W
Paleocoordinates:25.4°N 17.6°W

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

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Dachsteinkalk&group_formation_member=Dachsteinkalk Dachsteinkalk
  2. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Dachstein%20limestones&group_formation_member=Dachstein%20limestones Dachstein limestones
  3. Buffetaut, 1993
  4. Gazdzicki et al., 1979
  5. Frech, 1912