Dachstein Formation

{{Short description|Geologic formation in the southeastern Alps of Europe}}

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| name = Dachstein Formation

| image = DachsteinkalkBivalvia.jpg

| caption = Bivalvia in Dachstein Formation

| type = Formation

| age = Norian-Rhaetian (Sevatian)
~{{fossil range|221|202}}

| period = Rhaetian

| prilithology = Limestone

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| region = Styria
Veszprém
Bessuno, Brescia, South Tyrol
Tatra Mountains

| country = Austria
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Slovakia
Slovenia
Switzerland

| coordinates = {{coord|47.6|N|14.0|E|display=inline,title}}

| paleocoordinates = {{coord|25.4|N|17.6|E|display=inline}}

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| map = {{Location map+ | Alps

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| width = 250

| float = center

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{{Location map~ | Alps

| lat_deg = 47.6

| lon_deg = 14.0

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{{Location map~ | Alps

| lat_deg = 46.4

| lon_deg = 12.3

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{{Location map~ | Alps

| lat_deg = 45.6

| lon_deg = 10.3

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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.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Dachsteinkalk&group_formation_member=Dachsteinkalk Dachsteinkalk] at Fossilworks.org[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Dachstein%20limestones&group_formation_member=Dachstein%20limestones Dachstein limestones] at Fossilworks.org