Ramsau Dolomite

The Ramsau Dolomite is a dolomitic geologic formation in the Northern Limestone Alps, of Austria and of 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.

Fossil content

The formation has provided fossils of:

• Cornucardia hornigii
• Daonella (Arzelella) indica
• Katosira bavarica
• Neomegalodon (Rossiodus) stoppanii

• Omphaloptycha rosthorni
• ?Coelostylina sp.

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany

References

Bibliography

• 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