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Skalica Formation

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Skalica Formation
Stratigraphic range: Serravallian (Sarmatian)
TypeFormation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
CountryAustria

The Skalica Formation is a geologic formation in Austria. It preserves fossils dated to the Serravallian stage (Sarmatian) of the Miocene period.[1]

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  • M. Harzhauser and W. E. Piller. 2010. Molluscs as a major part of subtropical shallow-water carbonate production - an example from a Middle Miocene oolite shoal (Upper Serravallian, Austria). In M. Mutti, W. E. Piller, C. Betzler (eds.), Carbonate Systems during the Oligocene-Miocene climatic transition. International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication 42:183-200