| Age | Chattian (late Kiscellian-early Egerian) |
|---|---|
| Period | Chattian |
| Prilithology | Mudstone, sandstone |
| Namedfor | Pielach |
| Region | Lower Austria |
| Country | Austria |
| Coordinates | 48.2°N 15.2°E |
| Paleocoordinates | 46.2°N 14.0°E |
| Underlies | Melk Formation |
| Overlies | Basement |
The Pielach Formation is a geologic formation in Lower Austria, Austria. It preserves fossils dated to the Chattian age (late Kiscellian to early Egerian) of the Oligocene Epoch. The formation unconformably overlies basement rock, and is overlain by the Melk Formation.
Fossil content
The formation has provided fossils of:[1][2]
- Bivalves
- Acanthocardia bojorum
- Acanthocardia bokorum
- Angulus (Peronidia)
- Anomia ephippium
- Corbula (Caryocorbula) carinata
- Cordiopsis incrassata
- Crassostrea fimbriata
- Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
- Gari protracta
- Isognomon (Hippochaeta) maxillatus
- Lucinella divaricata
- Lutraria (Lutraria) sanna
- Macrocallista beyrichi
- Mytilopsis basteroti
- Mytilus (Crenomytilus) aquitanicus
- Polymesoda subarata
- Saxolucina heberti
- Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
- Thracia ventricosa
- Teredo sp.
- Cardiidae indet.
- Gastropods
- Agapilia picta
- Bullia hungarica
- Calyptraea chinensis
- Cochlis tigrina
- Euspira helicina
- Granulolabium plicatum
- Melanopsis impressa
- Mesohalina margaritaceus
- Theodoxus crenulatus
- Turritella (Haustator) venus
See also
References
- ^ Pielach Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Harzhauser & Mandic, 2001
Bibliography
- Harzhauser, M. & Mandic, O. (2001), "Late Oligocene gastropods and bivalves from the Lower and Upper Austrian Molasse Basin", Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Schriftenreihe der Erdwissenschaftlichen Komimissionen. 14: 671–795