Egerkingen, gamma fissure: Bartonian, Switzerland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Phorusrhacidae
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Eleutherornis helveticus n. gen., n. sp.
(Schaub 1940)
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Schaub 1940 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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Heterohyus europeus
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Heterohyus gracilis
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Heterohyus fortis
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Cartierodon egerkingensis n. gen., n. sp.
Solé and Mennecart 2019
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Solé and Mennecart 2019 | |||||||||
| NMB.Em.11 - holotype | ||||||||||
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Cynohyaenodon trux
Solé et al. 2014
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Costeur and Schneider 2011 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| En.111 Left Maxilla with P2 and M1-M2, Em.17 Fragment of mandible | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Proviverra typica n. gen., n. sp.
Rütimeyer 1862
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Costeur and Schneider 2011 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Em.18b Skull, En.162 Left maxilla with P4-M2 | ||||||||||
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Prototomus torvidus
Van Valen 1965
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Costeur and Schneider 2011 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Allopterodon torvidus | ||||||||||
| En.522 Right maxilla with P4-M1, En.172 Right mandible | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Pseudosciuridae
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Pseudosciuridae indet.
Zittel 1893
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Protadelomys cartieri
Stehlin and Schaub 1951
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Mammalia
- Primates
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Caenopithecus lemuroides
Rütimeyer 1862
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Adapidae
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Adapis ruetimeyeri
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Costeur and Schneider 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Em.2 Right mandible with p2-m3 | ||||||||||
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Adapis sciureus
Stehlin 1916
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Microadapis sciureus | ||||||||||
| Eh.750 Fragment of Left mandible with C-M3, Eh.772 Left upper M1/2 | ||||||||||
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Adapis priscus
Stehlin 1916
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| recombined as Leptadapis (Paradapis) priscus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Anchomomys cf. gaillardi
Stehlin 1916
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= Anchomomys stehlini n. sp.
Gingerich 1977
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Sudre 1978 | |||||||||
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Anchomomys stehlini n. sp.
Gingerich 1977
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Costeur and Schneider 2011 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| En.1 Right mandible with p4-m3, Eh.748a left mandible with m1-m2, Eh.749 Left mandible with m3 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
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Chasselasia eldredgei n. sp.
Schwartz and Tattersall 1982
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Costeur and Schneider 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Eh.751 Fragment of right mandible with m1-m2 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Necrolemur cf. zitteli
Schlosser 1887
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unclassified
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Simonsia lynnae n. sp.
Schwartz and Tattersall 1982
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Costeur and Schneider 2011 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| Eh.770 Fragment of left mandible with m2-m3, Eh.760 Right Mandible with m2-m3, Eh.764 Fragment of left mandible with m2-m3 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Switzerland | State/province: | Baselland |
| Coordinates: | 47.3° North, 7.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.4° North, 3.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 438 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary - Early/Lower Tertiary | *Epoch: | Middle Eocene - Middle Eocene |
| *International age/stage: | Bartonian - Bartonian | *Local age/stage: | Auversien - Auversien |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | Mammal zone: | Egerkingen |
| Age range of interval: | 41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Between the Bouxwiller and the Lissieu levels; = MP 14 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Egerkingen | ||
| Database number: | 31719 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Fara, P. Mannion, R. Butler, J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Fara, R. Butler, P. Mannion, J. Benito Moreno, S. Kuemmell |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-05-23 02:06:46 | Last modified: | 2019-04-08 23:55:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-05-23 02:06:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8545. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 60954 | L. Costeur and M. Schneider. 2011. Catalogue of the Eocene mammal types of the Natural History Museum Basel. Carnets de Géologie - Notebooks on Geology [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno] | |
| 12969 | 5% 46920 | S. Schaub. 1940. Ein Ratitenbecken aus dem Bohnerz von Egerkingen (Pelvis of a Ratitae from the Bohnerz of Egerkingen). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 33(2):274-284 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell] |
| 69037 | F. Solé and B. Mennecart. 2019. A large hyaenodont from the Lutetian of Switzerland expands the body mass range of the European mammalian predators during the Eocene. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64(2):275-290 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |