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.^[1][2]

Dachstein Formation
Stratigraphic range: Norian-Rhaetian (Sevatian) ~221–202 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Bivalvia in Dachstein Formation
Type	Formation
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Location
Coordinates	47.6°N 14.0°E / 47.6; 14.0
Approximate paleocoordinates	25.4°N 17.6°E / 25.4; 17.6
Region	Styria Veszprém Bessuno, Brescia, South Tyrol Tatra Mountains
Country	Austria Germany Hungary Italy Slovakia Slovenia Switzerland
Dachstein Formation (Alps)

Fossil content

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

Reptiles

• Mystriosuchus planirostris^[3]

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

1. Dachsteinkalk at Fossilworks.org
2. Dachstein limestones at Fossilworks.org
3. Buffetaut, 1993
4. Gazdzicki et al., 1979
5. Frech, 1912

Bibliography

• 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