Älterer Schlier Formation

Älterer Schlier Formation
Stratigraphic range: Aquitanian
Type	Formation
Location
Coordinates	48.2°N 14.2°E / 48.2; 14.2
Approximate paleocoordinates	48.3°N 12.1°E / 48.3; 12.1
Region	Upper Austria
Country	Austria
Älterer Schlier Formation (Austria)

The Älterer Schlier Formation is a geologic formation in Austria. It preserves fossils dated to the Aquitanian age of the Miocene period.[1]

Fossil content

The formation has provided fossils of:[1]

• Petralca austriaca[2]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Austria

References

1. Älterer Schlier Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. Mlikovsky, 1987

Bibliography

• Mlikovsky, J (1987), "Eine neue Alkenart (Aves: Alcidae) aus dem Ober-Oligozän Österreiches", Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 88: 131–147