• Source: Dachstein Formation

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.




Fossil content


Among others, the following fossils were reported from the formation:

Reptiles
Mystriosuchus planirostris
Invertebrates




See also






References






= Bibliography

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Buffetaut, É (1993), "Phytosaurs in time and space", Paleontologia Lombardia, Nuova serie, 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.; Kozur, H.; Mock, R. (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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• Dachstein Formation
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• János-hegy
• List of stratigraphic units in Austria
• Normafa
• Schönberg Cave System
• Lake Grundlsee
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Slovenia
• Hallstatt