Eggenburg (Miocene of Austria)
Where: Austria (48.6° N, 15.8° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 15.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Burgeschleinitz Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• upper Eggenburgian
Environment/lithology: marine
Primary reference: C. Deperet. 1895. Uber die Fauna von miocanen Wirbeltheieren aus der ersten Mediterranstufe von Eggenburg. Sitzb. Math-Nat. Cl. Ak. Wiss. Wien 104(1):395-416 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 65181: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.09.2006