The Tauchen Formation is a geologic formation in Austria. It preserves fossils of Metaxytherium, dating back to the Langhian stage of the Miocene period.[1]
Tauchen Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Langhian | |
Type | Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Claystone |
Location | |
Region | Styria |
Country | Austria |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Tauchen Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
edit- D. P. Domning and P. Pervesler. 2012. The sirenian Metaxytherium (Mammalia: Dugongidae) in the Badenian (Middle Miocene) of Central Europe. Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences 105(3):125-160