Retz Formation

{{Short description|Geologic formation in Austria}}

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| age = Burdigalian

| period = Burdigalian

| prilithology = Sandstone

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| country = Austria

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The Retz Formation is a geologic formation in Austria. It preserves fossils of Metaxytherium krahuletzi, dated to the Burdigalian stage of the Miocene period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Retz&group_formation_member=Retz Retz Formation] at Fossilworks.org