Egerkingen, Huppersand fissure (Eocene of Switzerland)
Also known as Egerkingen, Egerkingen Old Collection
Where: Baselland, Switzerland (47.3° N, 7.8° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 40.4° N, 12.5° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Egerkingen mammal zone, Bartonian (41.0 - 37.7 Ma)
• Between the Bouxwiller and the Lissieu Levels
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: J.-L. Hartenberger. 1970. Les mammiferes d'Egerkingen et l'histoire des faunes de l'Eocene d'Europe. Bulletin de la Societe geologique de France 12(5):886-893 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 31718: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 23.05.2003, edited by Juan Benito Moreno
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
• Ref. 8545 provides a comprehensive and revised mammalian taxonomic list. Ref. 8517 revises the artiodactyls and primates only.
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Protadelomys cartieri n. gen. n. sp.
Protadelomys cartieri n. gen. n. sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951 rodent | |
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Necrolemur cf. zitteli Schlosser 1887 tarsier
"Nannopithex pollicaris n. sp." = Nannopithex filholi1 Chantre and Gaillard 1897 tarsier Ef.369 Fragment of right maxilla with M1-M3
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Periconodon helveticus n. gen. n. sp. Rütimeyer 1891 primate type is definitely from Huppersand: Tattersall and Schwartz 1983
"Periconodon pygmaeus" = Anchomomys (Fendantia) pygmaeus2 Rütimeyer 1890 primate JA: I'm not 100% positive that the type is from Huppersand in particular
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? Adapis sp. Cuvier 1822 primate | |
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Caenopithecus lemuroides Rütimeyer 1862 primate | |
Haplobunodon solodurense, "Dichobune muelleri" = Haplobunodon muelleri, Rhagatherium kowalevskyi n. sp.
Haplobunodon solodurense Stehlin 1908 even-toed ungulate Ef.42 Lower right m3, Ef.49 Upper left M1/2, Ef.51 Upper left M3, Ef.214 Lower left d3,, Ef.245 Lower right p4, Ef.280 Upper M1/2, Ef.292 Upper M1/2, Ef.293 Upper right D4, Ef.300 Lower right m3, Ef.306 Lower left m3, Ef.308 Lower right m3
"Dichobune muelleri" = Haplobunodon muelleri Rutimeyer 1862 even-toed ungulate Ef.2 Left mandible with m1-m3 and alveoli for p4, Ef.1 Left mandible with m1-m2, Ef.3 Left mandible with m1-m3
Rhagatherium kowalevskyi n. sp. Stehlin 1908 even-toed ungulate Eg.160 Left maxilla with P4-M1 (holotype), Ef.122 Upper right M1/2, Ef.125 Upper left M1/2, Ef.322 Upper left M1, Ef.324 Upper M1
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Haplomeryx egerkingensis Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate
Dichodon ruetimeyeri even-toed ungulate
Dichodon sp. Owen even-toed ungulate
Dichodon simplex Kowalevsky 1874 even-toed ungulate | |
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Catodontherium buxgovianum Erfurt and Metais 2007 even-toed ungulate
Dacrytherium cf. elegans Filhol 1884 even-toed ungulate
Dacrytherium priscum Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate | |
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Pseudamphimeryx schlosseri Rutimeyer 1891 even-toed ungulate | |
Mixtotherium priscum n. sp.
Mixtotherium priscum n. sp. Stehlin 1908 even-toed ungulate Ef.151 Left maxilla with P3-M3 (holotype), Ef.204 Lower left p4, Ef.205 Lower left m2, Ef.209 Lower right d4, Ef.210 Lower left p4, Ef.332 Upper left M3, Ef.333 Upper left P4, Ef.334 Upper right P3, Ef.337 Upper right P4, Ef.349 Right mandible with m1-m2, Ef.350 Lower left m3, Ef.355 Lower left m3, Ef.364 Left mandible with m1-m3
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Meniscodon picteti n. sp.1, "Phenacodus europaeus n. sp." = Meniscodon europaeum1, Mouillacitherium cartieri, "Dichobune langi n. sp." = Hyperdichobune langi1, "Dichobune nobilis" = Hyperdichobune nobilis
"Phenacodus europaeus n. sp." = Meniscodon europaeum1 Rutimeyer 1888 even-toed ungulate Eg.514 Upper right M1 (Holotype), Eg.512 Upper Left M2, Eg.518 Left maxilla with M1-M3, Eg.523 Right maxilla with D3-D4 and alveoli for D2, M1-M2, Eg.556a Right maxilla with M2-M3 + isolated Humerus fragment, Eg.557a Uipper right M2, Eg.558a Upper right M2, Eg.559a Right maxilla with M2-M3
Mouillacitherium cartieri Rutimeyer 1891 even-toed ungulate
"Dichobune langi n. sp." = Hyperdichobune langi1 Rutimeyer 1891 even-toed ungulate Eg.213 Right maxilla with M1-M3
"Dichobune nobilis" = Hyperdichobune nobilis Stehlin 1906 even-toed ungulate Eg.210 Right maxilla with M2-M3
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Tapirulus majori Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate Ef.128 Upper left M2, Ef.918 Right maxilla with M2-M3, Ef.919 Lower right m3, Ef.920 Lower left m3
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