The Älterer Schlier Formation is a geologic formation in Austria. It preserves fossils dated to the Aquitanian age of the Miocene period.[1]
Älterer Schlier Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Aquitanian | |
Type | Formation |
Location | |
Coordinates | 48°12′N 14°12′E / 48.2°N 14.2°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 48°18′N 12°06′E / 48.3°N 12.1°E |
Region | Upper Austria |
Country | Austria |
Fossil content
editThe formation has provided fossils of:[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Älterer Schlier Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Mlikovsky, 1987
Bibliography
edit- Mlikovsky, J (1987), "Eine neue Alkenart (Aves: Alcidae) aus dem Ober-Oligozän Österreiches", Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 88: 131–147