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The Gosau Formation is a geological formation in Lower Austria whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous

Late Cretaceous

The Late Cretaceous is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous series...

. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaur Dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of... s of the Gosau Formation
Genus	Species	Presence	Notes	Images
Crataeomus	C. lepidophorus	Geographically present in Niederosterreich, Austria.	Later found to be synonymous with Struthiosaurus austriacus.
Crataeomus	C. pawlowitschii	Geographically present in Niederosterreich, Austria.	Later found to be synonymous with Struthiosaurus austriacus in partim.
Danubiosaurus	D. anceps	Geographically present in Niederosterreich, Austria.	Later found to be indeterminate ankylosaurian and Struthiosaurus austriacus remains in partim. "Indeterminate fragments."
Hoplosaurus	H. ischyrus	Geographically present in Niederosterreich, Austria.	Later found to be synonymous with Struthiosaurus austriacus.
Leipsanosaurus	L. noricus	Geographically present in Niederosterreich, Austria.	Later found to be synonymous with Struthiosaurus austriacus.
Mochlodon Mochlodon Mochlodon is a genus of iguanodont dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous.In 1859 coal mine administrator Pawlowitsch notified the University of Vienna that some fossils had been found in the Gute Hoffnung mine at Muthmannsdorf in Austria...	M. suessi	Geographically present in Niederosterreich, Austria.	Later found to be possible Rhabdodon priscus remains.
Pleuropeltis	P. suessie	Geographically present in Niederosterreich, Austria.	Later found to be synonymous with Struthiosaurus austriacus in partim.
?Rhabdodon Rhabdodon Rhabdodon is a genus of dinosaur that lived in Europe approximately 70 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous. It is unclear whether it was an iguanodont or a hypsilophodont, and may be a "missing link" between the two. Current evidence indicates it is an iguanodont similar to Tenontosaurus...	?R. priscus	Geographically present in Niederosterreich, Austria.
Rhadinosaurus Rhadinosaurus Rhadinosaurus is a genus of prehistoric reptile described in 1881 by Harry Govier Seeley, from remains found in Austria. The name means "slender lizard". It lived about 80 million years ago . The type species is R. alcinus.The fossil finds have been fragmentary...	R. alcinus	Geographically present in Niederosterreich, Austria.	Possible indeterminate ankylosaur remains.
Struthiosaurus Struthiosaurus Struthiosaurus is one of the smallest known and most basal genera of nodosaurid dinosaurs, from the Late Cretaceous period of Austria, Romania and France in Europe. It was protected by body armour...	S. austriacus	Geographically present in Niederosterreich, Austria.
Megalosaurus Megalosaurus Megalosaurus is a genus of large meat-eating theropod dinosaurs of the Middle Jurassic period of Europe...	M. pannoniensis	Geographically present in Niederosterreich, Austria.	Later found to be indeterminate theropod remains.

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