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.[1]
| Ramsau Dolomite | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Carnian ~ | |
| Type | Geologic formation |
| Unit of | Wetterstein Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Dolomite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 47°42′N 12°54′E / 47.7°N 12.9°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 13°54′N 20°54′E / 13.9°N 20.9°E |
| Region | Bavaria |
| Country |  Germany |
| Extent | Northern Limestone Alps |
  Ramsau Dolomite (Germany)  Ramsau Dolomite (Bavaria) | |
Fossil content
editThe formation has provided fossils of:[1]
- Bivalves
- Cornucardia hornigii
- Daonella (Arzelella) indica
- Katosira bavarica
- Neomegalodon (Rossiodus) stoppanii
- Gastropods
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Ramsau Dolomite at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
edit- 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