Pielach Formation
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| Pielach Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Chattian (late Kiscellian-early Egerian) | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Melk Formation |
| Overlies | Basement |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Mudstone, sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Region | Lower Austria |
| Country | Austria |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Pielach |
Pielach Formation (Austria) | |
The Pielach Formation is a geologic formation in Lower Austria, Austria. It preserves fossils dating back to the Chattian stage (late Kiscellian to early Egerian) of the Oligocene period. The formation unconformably overlies basement rock, and is overlain by the Melk Formation.
Fossil content
[edit | edit source]The formation has provided fossils of:[1][2]
- Bivalves
- Acanthocardia bojorum
- Acanthocardia bokorum
- Angulus (Peronidia)
- Anomia ephippium
- Corbula (Caryocorbula) carinata
- Cordiopsis incrassata
- Crassostrea fimbriata
- Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
- Gari protracta
- Isognomon (Hippochaeta) maxillatus
- Lucinella divaricata
- Lutraria (Lutraria) sanna
- Macrocallista beyrichi
- Mytilopsis basteroti
- Mytilus (Crenomytilus) aquitanicus
- Polymesoda subarata
- Saxolucina heberti
- Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
- Thracia ventricosa
- Teredo sp.
- Cardiidae indet.
- Gastropods
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Pielach Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Harzhauser & Mandic, 2001
Bibliography
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