Nötsch Formation

{{Short description|Geologic formation in Austria}}

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| name = Nötsch Formation

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| type = Formation

| age = Serpukhovian-Moscovian (Alportian)
~{{fossil range|326|315}}

| period = Moscovian

| prilithology = Breccia, siltstone

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| namedfor = Nötsch

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| region = Carinthia

| country = Austria

| coordinates = {{coord|46.6|N|13.6|E|display=inline,title}}

| paleocoordinates = {{coord|15.9|S|20.6|E|display=inline}}

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| extent = Carnic Alps

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| map = {{Location map+ | Austria

| relief = 1

| width = 250

| float = center

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{{Location map~ | Austria

| lat_deg = 46.6

| lon_deg = 13.6

| mark = Dark Green 004040 pog.svg

| marksize = 10

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The Nötsch Formation is a geologic formation in the Carnic Alps of southern Austria. It preserves fossils dated to the Serpukhovian to Moscovian ages of the Carboniferous period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=N%F6tsch&group_formation_member=N%F6tsch Nötsch Formation] at Fossilworks.org