Linz (Oligocene of Austria)
Also known as Sicherbauer-Gestatte sand quarry
Where: Austria (48.3° N, 14.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 11.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Linzer Sanden Formation, Chattian (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• late Oligocene
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: O. Abel. 1913. Die vorfahren der bartenwale. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 90:155-224 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 52083: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.07.2005