Reingrabener Schiefer
Stratigraphic range: Triassic
TypeFormation
Lithology
PrimaryShale
Location
CountryAustria, Slovakia
Type section
Named byF. v. Hauer

The Reingrabener Schiefer (other names Reingraben Shales, „Halobienschiefer“) is a lithostratigraphic unit, often described as independent geologic formation, or as a member of Lunz Formation.[1] Reingraben shales are represented by black-brown or black, hard clayey shales and marly shales. Often contains spherosiderite nodules.[2]

The Reingrabener Schiefer outcrop in the Alps and the Carpathians. It preserves fossils dated to the Triassic period.

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References

  1. ↑ Tollmann, A., 1985: Geologie von Österreich. Band II, Auβer-zentralalpiner Anteil. Wien, Franz Deuticke, 711 pp.
  2. ↑ 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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