Tauchen Formation

Last updated July 01, 2025

Tauchen Formation
Stratigraphic range: Langhian
Type	Formation
Lithology
Primary	Claystone
Location
Region	Styria
Country	Austria

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

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See also
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Further reading

See also

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Austria

References

↑ Tauchen Formation at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

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

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