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


 * Agathammina austroalpina
 * Cnemidium vallisnerii
 * Dicerocardium curionii
 * D. jani
 * Megalodus hoernesi
 * M. laczkoi
 * Involutina communis
 * I. gaschei
 * I. tenuis
 * Nodosaria ordinata
 * Rhaetina gregaria
 * Semiinvoluta clari
 * Triasina oberhauseri
 * Trocholina acuta
 * T. alpina
 * T. permodiscoides
 * Alpinophragmium sp.
 * Involutina sp.
 * Nodosaria sp.