Main dolomite

Main dolomite Hauptdolomit Stratigraphic range: Carnian & Norian ages, Late Triassic Epoch, Mesozoic Era
Main Dolomite Formation, exposed in the Northern Limestone Alps.
Type	Geological formation
Thickness	0–2,200 metres (0–7,218 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Dolomite (rock)
Location
Region	Limestone Alps and Apennines ranges, Central Europe

Main dolomite of the Langbathscholle, Kaltenbachwildnis, Austria

Main dolomite (also Main Dolomite, German: Hauptdolomit, Italian: Dolomia Principale) is a lithostratigraphic unit in the Alps of Europe.

Geology

The formation is found in:

• the Northern Limestone Alps and Southern Limestone Alps of the Limestone Alps, a mountain system of the western and Central Eastern Alps.
• the Apennines in Italy

It is primarily made of dolomite rock, ranging 0–2,200 metres (0–7,218 ft) in thickness. The formation was deposited in shallow lagoons during the Late Carnian and Early Norian ages of the Late Triassic epoch in the Triassic Period, during the Mesozoic Era..

Fossils

Fossil prosauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.^[1]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks
  • List of stratigraphic units with prosauropod tracks

References

1. Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 517-607 ISBN 0-520-24209-2

Triassic Period
Lower/Early Triassic	Middle Triassic	Upper/Late Triassic
Induan |Olenekian	Anisian | Ladinian	Carnian | Norian Rhaetian