Where: Zürich, Switzerland (47.3° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 7.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 6 (13.7 - 12.8 Ma)
• MN6?; Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);
•210m (profile meter) above the Hüllistein marker bed
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,
Primary reference: T.h. Bollinger. 1992. Kleinsäugerstratigraphie in der miozänen Hörnlischüttung (Ostschweiz); (Biostratigraphy of small mammals in the Hörnlischüttung of Miocene age (East Switzerland)). Documenta naturae 75:1-296 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 46238: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 09.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Democricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964 mouse | |
? Miopetaurista sp. Kretzoi 1962 squirrel |