Main dolomite
| Main dolomite | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
Typical main dolomite landscape in the Northern Limestone Alps: the Kreuzkarspitze in the Allgäu Alps
Main dolomite of the Langbathscholle, Kaltenbachwildnis, Austria
Main dolomite (also Main Dolomite, Italian: Dolomia Principale, German: Hauptdolomit) is a 2,200 metre thick lithostratigraphic unit in the Northern and Southern Limestone Alps, in parts of the western and Central Eastern Alps, and also in the Apennines, which is primarily made of dolomite rock. The formation was deposited in shallow lagoons during the late Carnian and Norian divisions of the Upper Triassic period.
Fossil prosauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]
See also
- Dolomite
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
Footnotes
- ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
References
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.