Reingrabener Schiefer

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]

Reingrabener Schiefer
Stratigraphic range: Triassic
Type	Formation
Lithology
Primary	Shale
Location
Country	Austria, Slovakia
Type section
Named by	F. v. Hauer

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

See also

• Geology portal
• Austria portal
• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Austria