| Plattensandstein | |
| Type: | Geological formation |
| Age: | Anisian ~ |
| Period: | Anisian |
| Prilithology: | Sandstone |
| Otherlithology: | Mudstone |
| Country: | |
| Coordinates: | 47.6°N 7.8°W |
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.8°N 18.8°W |
| Unitof: | Upper Buntsandstein |
| Underlies: | Röt Formation |
The Plattensandstein is a Middle Triassic (Anisian) geologic formation in southern Germany and northern Switzerland. Fossil theropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]
Plattensandstein is used in Germany as a natural building stone. It derives its name from the fact that it is usually fissile into slabs with a thickness of several centimeters.
The formation has provided fossils of: