Earth:Leitha Limestone

Short description: Geological formation in Central Europe

Leitha Limestone Stratigraphic range: Mid-Late Miocene (Badenian) ~16.0–7.2 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Old quarry in Fertőrákos
Type	Formation
Unit of	Baden Group
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Location
Country	Austria Czech Republic Hungary Poland

The Leitha Limestone is a geologic formation in Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland . It preserves fossils dated to the Middle to Late Miocene period.

Fossil content

Various fossils have been found in the formation:

• Aetobatis irregularis
• Araloselachus cuspidata
• Carcharias (Hypoprion) sp.
• Carcharias (Aprionodon) cf. collata
• Carcharodon hastalis
• Cetotherium priscum
• Coris sigismundi
• Eugaleus latus
• Galeocerdo aduncus
• Galeus aduncus
• Galeus cf. canis
• Halitherium schinzii
• Heterodelphis leiodontus
• Hemipristis serra
• Isurus desorii
• Kentriodon fuchsii
• Megalodon
• Metaxytherium medium
• Myliobatis cf. meridionalis
• Notidanus primigenius
• Odontaspis acutissima
• Odontaspis macrota
• Oxyrhina xyphodon
• Pachyacanthus suessii
• Prionodon sp.
• Raja sp.
• Sparus sp.
• Symphodus westneati
• Wainwrightilabrus agassizi

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Austria
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Czech Republic
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Poland