Partnach Formation
The Partnach Formation is a Middle Triassic geologic formation in the eastern Northern Limestone Alps and Western Carpathians, within Austria and Slovakia, Central Europe.[1] Formation consists of alternating grey and green marls and shales (Partnach shales) and grey limestones (Partnach Limestone), often brecciated, oncolithic and containing clay intraclasts.[2] The formation is gradually evolving from the Reifling Formation. It is usually overlain by the Lunz/Reibl Formation or Wetterstein Formation. Sediments of the Partnach Formation were deposited in intrashelf basins.
| Partnach Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Ladinian (Longobardian) ~ | |
| Type | Geologic formation |
| Underlies | Wetterstein Formation |
| Overlies | Reifling Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Clayey shales (marls) and limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 47.1°N 9.9°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 8.6°N 21.9°E |
| Region | Carinthia, Vorarlberg |
| Country |  Austria |
| Extent | Northern Limestone Alps |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Partnach |
| Named by | Wilhelm von Gümbel |
  Partnach Formation (Austria) | |
Originally defined as Partnachschichten by Wilhelm von Gümbel in 1858.
It preserves fossils dating back to the Ladinian stage of the Middle Triassic sub-period of the Triassic period.[1][3]
Fossil content
- Sauropterygia
- Lariosaurus cf. balsami
- Neusticosaurus toeplitschi
- Microleptosaurus schlosseri
- Simosaurus gaillardoti
- Temnospondyls
References
- Google Books: The Geology of Central Europe: Mesozoic and Cenozoic; edited by Tom McCann; pgs. 790-795.
- Tollmann, A., 1976: Analyse des klassischen nordalpinen Mesozoikums, Wien, Franz Deuticke, 580 pp.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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Further reading
- O. Rieppel. 1996. The status of the sauropterygian reptile Partanosaurus zitteli Skuphos from the Middle Triassic of the Austrian Alps, with comments on Microleptosaurus schlosseri Skuphos. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 70(3/4):567-577
- O. Rieppel. 1993. Status of the Pachypleurosauroid Psilotrachelosaurus toeplitschi Nopcsa (Reptilia, Sauropterygia), from the Middle Triassic of Austria. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 1-17
- P. M. Sander and C. Meyer. 1991. A labyrinthodont jaw fragment from the marine Triassic of the Alps. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1991(4):222-232