Grund Formation
{{Short description|Geologic formation in Austria}}
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| age = Langhian (MN5)
| period = Langhian
| prilithology = Sandstone, siltstone
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| country = Austria
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The Grund Formation is a geologic formation in Austria. It preserves fossils dated to the Langhian age of the Miocene period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Grund&group_formation_member=Grund Grund Formation] at Fossilworks.org
Fosil content
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= Molluscs =
== Gastropods ==
| class="wikitable" align="center" |
| colspan="7" align="center" | Gastropods of the Grund Formation |
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| Genus
! Species ! Location ! Stratigraphic position ! Material ! Notes ! Images |
| Kestocenebra{{Cite journal|last1=Harzhauser |first1=M. |last2=Landau |first2=B. M. |last3=Merle |first3=D. |year=2025 |title=The Muricidae (Gastropoda, Muricoidea) of the Miocene Central Paratethys Sea (Haustrinae, Muricinae, Ocenebrinae, Pagodulinae, Typhinae, Muricidae incertae sedis) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5572 |issue=1 |pages=1–162 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5572.1.1 }}
| K. vermeiji | | | | |
| Ocenebra
| O. scorpio | | | | A ocenebrine muricid | |
See also
References
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Further reading
- G. Daxner-Höck, P. M. Miklas-Tempfer, U. B. Gohlich, K. Huttenen, E. Kazar, D. Nagel, G. E. Roessner, O. Schultz, and R. Ziegler. 2004. Marine and terrestrial vertebrates from the Middle Miocene of Grund (Lower Austria). Geologica Carpathica 55(2):191-197
Category:Miocene Series of Europe
Category:Shallow marine deposits
Category:Paleontology in Austria
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