Retz Formation

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Retz Formation
Stratigraphic range: Burdigalian
Type Formation
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Location
CountryAustria

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]

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