The Gosau Group (

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: ''Gosau-Gruppe'') is a geological stratigraphic group in

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and western

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whose strata date back to the

Late Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', ...

Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', " ...

.Höfling, 1985McCann, 2008 It is exposed in numerous sporadic isolated basins within the Northern Calcareous Alps. It is divided into two subgroups, the Lower Gosau Subgroup which dates from the Turonian to Campanian, approximately 90 to 75 Ma and the Upper Gosau Subgroup which dates to the Santonian to Eocene, about 83.5 to 50 Ma. The formations within each subunit vary significantly between basins. The sequence is largely marine, but the Grünbach Formation represents a terrestrial deposit. Many of the units of the group are fossiliferous, typically providing marine fossils such as ammonites, though terrestrial remains including those of dinosaurs are known from the Grünbach Formation and

Schönleiten Formation The Schönleiten Formation is a geological formation in Austria. Part of the Gosau Group The Gosau Group (German: ''Gosau-Gruppe'') is a geological stratigraphic group in Austria, Germany and western Slovakia whose strata date back to the Late C ...

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Among others, the following fossils have been described from the Gosau Group:Gosau Group
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* * * * * * * {{cite LSA , last=Wagreich , first=Michael , last2=Decker , first2=Kurt , year=2001 , title=Sedimentary tectonics and subsidence modelling of the type Upper Cretaceous Gosau Basin (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria) , url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225128458_Sedimentary_tectonics_and_subsidence_modelling_of_the_type_Upper_Cretaceous_Gosau_Basin_Northern_Calcareous_Alps_Austria , journal= International Journal of Earth Sciences , volume=90 , pages=714–726 , accessdate=2020-04-02 Geologic groups of Europe Geologic formations of Austria Geologic formations of Germany Geologic formations of Slovakia Upper Cretaceous Series of Europe Campanian Stage Maastrichtian Stage Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary Paleocene Series of Europe Danian Stage Selandian Stage Thanetian Stage Eocene Series of Europe Ypresian Stage Geology of the Alps Limestone Alps Northern Limestone Alps

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