• Source: Ramsau Dolomite

The Ramsau Dolomite is a dolomitic geologic formation in the Northern Limestone Alps, in Bavaria, Germany. It is a unit of the Wetterstein Limestone found in the Limestone Alps. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carnian stage of the Triassic period.




Fossil content


The formation has provided fossils of:

Bivalves
Cornucardia hornigii
Daonella (Arzelella) indica
Katosira bavarica
Neomegalodon (Rossiodus) stoppanii
Gastropods
Omphaloptycha rosthorni
?Coelostylina sp.




See also


List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany




References






= Bibliography

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G. Tichy. 1980. Gastropoden und Bivalven aus dem karnischen Ramsaudolomit südlich von Bad Reichenhall (Oberbayern, Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [Gastropods and bivalves from the Carnian Ramsau Dolomite south of Bad Reichenhall (Upper Bavaria, Germany)]. Geologisch-Palaeontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck 9(6):221-238
E. Kittl. 1912. Materialen zu einer Monographie der Halobiidae und Monotidae der Trias [Monograph on the Halobiidae and Monotidae of the Triassic]. Resultate der Wissenschaftlichen Erforschung des Balatonsees, II Band: Paläontologie der Umgebung des Balatonsees 1(4):1-229
Ramsau Dolomite

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• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany
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• Hochkalter
• Wetterstein Formation
• Raucheck
• Fritzerkogel
• Tennen Mountains