Martinsbrünneli, Jona, Sankt Gallen ("Assemblage"-Zone) (Miocene of Switzerland)

Where: Sankt Gallen, Switzerland (47.3° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 7.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)

• MN5"b"; 16.3 M Years; Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);

•5m (on another place is written: 0m)(profile meter) below the Hüllistein marker bed.

•After Bollinger 1992: MN5. After Bollinger 1994: MN5"b" (=middle MN5).

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; marl

• floodplain with channels

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,

• It is chosen as an "Assemblage-Zone" and is stored in the Paläontological Insitute and Museum Zürich.

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 46285: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 10.01.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Hyotherium sp. von Meyer 1834 pig
 Artiodactyla -
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Dinosorex cf. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceoidae
Plesiodimylus helveticus n. sp. Bollinger 1992 placental
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotonidae indet. Thomas 1897 pika
(Prolagus?)
 Lagomorpha -
Eurolagus sp. Lopez Martinez 1977 placental
sp. 1
 Rodentia -
Neocometes similis Fahlbusch 1966 mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Bransatoglis cadeoti Bulot 1978 dormouse
Microdyromys praemurinus Freudenberg 1941 dormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
? Miopetaurista sp. Kretzoi 1962 squirrel
Spermophilinus aff. bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
Angiospermae
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry