- Source: Ebelsberg Formation
The Ebelsberg Formation is a geologic formation in Austria. The section exposed near the town of Pucking are considered to be a Konservat-Lagerstätte. It preserves fossils dated to the Aquitanian age of the Miocene epoch.
History of study
The marine deposits of the Ebelsberg Formation near Pucking were exposed in the 1980s when a hydroelectric power plant was built across the river Traun close to Linz, the capital of Upper Austria. Initial studies considered the Ebelsberg Formation to be Oligocene in age, specifically dating it to the Chattian (Late Oligocene). However, more recent studies have shown this to be false, instead proposing a younger age corresponding with the Aquitanian stage of the Miocene. Locally, this would correspond to the Upper Egerian, making the outcrops about 22 million years old.
Environment
During the Aquitanian this part of Austria was covered by the extensive Paratethys sea, with the Ebelsberg Formation specifically having been formed in the outer neritic zone.
Fauna
= Bivalves
== Gastropods
== Cephalopods
== Crustaceans
== Echinoderms
== Chondrichthyes
== Actinopterygii
== Birds
== Mammals
=See also
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Austria