The Skalica Formation is a geologic formation in Austria. It preserves fossils dated to the Serravallian stage (Sarmatian) of the Miocene period.[1]
Skalica Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Serravallian (Sarmatian) | |
Type | Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Location | |
Country | Austria |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Skalica Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
edit- M. Harzhauser and W. E. Piller. 2010. Molluscs as a major part of subtropical shallow-water carbonate production - an example from a Middle Miocene oolite shoal (Upper Serravallian, Austria). In M. Mutti, W. E. Piller, C. Betzler (eds.), Carbonate Systems during the Oligocene-Miocene climatic transition. International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication 42:183-200