Friedberg (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Styria, Austria (47.4° N, 16.1° E: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 15.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Tauchen Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Karpatian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 148226: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxytherium sp. de Christol 1840 dugong