Retz Formation

Retz Formation
Stratigraphic range: Burdigalian
Type	Formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Location
Country	Austria

The Retz Formation is a geologic formation in Austria. It preserves fossils of Metaxytherium krahuletzi, dated to the Burdigalian stage of the Miocene period.[1]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Austria

References

1. Retz Formation at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

• D. P. Domning and P. Pervesler. 2001. The osteology and relationships of Metaxytherium krahuletzi Deperet, 1895 (Mammalia, Sirenia). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main 553:1-89