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°36′N 14°00′E / 47.6°N 14.0°E / 47.6; 14.0
Approximate paleocoordinates	25°24′N 17°36′E / 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)

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

• Mystriosuchus planirostris ^[3]

Invertebrates

See also

References

Bibliography

• Buffetaut, É. 1993. Phytosaurs in time and space. Paleontologia Lombardia 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.; H. Kozur, and R. Mock. 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. .