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.Ramsau Dolomite at Fossilworks.org
Fossil content The formation has provided fossils of: Bivalves Cornucardia hornigii Daonella (Arzelella) indica Katosira bavarica Neomegalodon (Rossiodus) stoppanii Gastropods 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
Ramsau Dolomite