Hüllistein, Rüti, Zürich: MN 5, Switzerland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Didermoceros sansaniensis
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Pronephrodium stiriacum
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotherium angustidens
Burmeister 1837
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Anchitherium aurelianense
Cuvier 1825
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Tragulidae
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Dorcatherium sp.
Kaup 1839
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Hyotherium soemmerringi
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Soricidae indet.
Fischer 1814
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Galerix sp.
Pomel 1848
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Prolagus oeningensis
(König 1825)
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Lagopsis verus
Hensel 1856
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciuridae indet.
Gray 1821
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sp. div. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Keramidomys carpathicus
(Schaub and Zapfe 1953)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Steneofiber jaegeri
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Anchitheriomys wiedemanni
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Gliridae indet.
Muirhead 1819
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sp. div. | ||||||||||
Miodyromys cf. aegercii
Baudelot 1972
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Miodyromys hamadryas
Forsyth Major 1899
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ssp. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Neocometes similis
Fahlbusch 1966
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Bollinger 1994 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Eumyarion bifidus
(Fahlbusch 1964)
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Bollinger 1994 | |||||||||
Megacricetodon germanicus
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Democricetodon mutilus
(Fahlbusch 1964)
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Bollinger 1994 | |||||||||
Democricetodon gracilis
(Fahlbusch 1964)
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Bollinger 1994 | |||||||||
original and current combination Democricetodon minor gracilis | ||||||||||
Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Juglandaceae
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Juglans cf. acuminata
Braun 1845
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Myricaceae
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Comptonia vindobonensis
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Ulmaceae
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Zelkova ungeri
Kovats 1865
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Angiospermae
- Malpighiales
- Salicaceae
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Salix lavateri
Heer 1856
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Angiospermae
- Dipsacales
- Caprifoliaceae
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? Caprifoliaceae indet.
de Jussieu 1789
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Angiospermae
- Saxifragales
- Cercidiphyllaceae
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Cercidiphyllum crenatum
Brown 1935
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Angiospermae
- Laurales
- Lauraceae
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Persea princeps
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Cinnamomum polymorphum
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Angiospermae
- Arecaceae
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Chamaerops helvetica
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Angiospermae
- Poales
- Typhaceae
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Typha latissima
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Angiospermae
- Poales
- Poaceae
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Phragmites sp.
Adanson 1763
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Angiospermae
- Ericales
- Ebenaceae
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Diospyros brachysepala
Braun 1845
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Polypodiopsida
- Polypodiales
- Dennstaedtiaceae
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Pteridium oeningense
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Polypodiopsida
- Polypodiales
- Pteridaceae
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Pteris pennaeformis
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Cheilanthes sp.
Swartz 1806
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Switzerland | State/province: | Zürich | County: | Rüti |
Coordinates: | 47.3° North, 8.9° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 47.5° North, 7.5° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Altitude: | 475 meters |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | MN 5 | ||
Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: MN5"b"; 16.3 M Years; Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse); in the Hüllistein marker bed. After Bollinger 1992: MN5. After Bollinger 1994: MN5"b" (=middle MN5). JA: "Hüllistein" entered as regional bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "cross stratification" sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | carbonaceous marl |
Lithology description: upper Freshwater Molasse; in the Hüllistein marker bed | |
Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Geology comments: channel fill and lacustrine deposits |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,chemical,sieve,field collection | ||
Minimum sieve size: | 0.200 | Maximum sieve size: | 1.250 |
Rock censused: | 1000 kg | ||
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis | ||
Collection method comments: 200 mammal teeth |
Metadata
Database number: | 46225 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | S. Kuemmell |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-01-09 07:21:37 | Last modified: | 2007-03-02 22:59:45 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-01-09 07:21:37 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
12335. | 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] |
Secondary references:
14472 | T. Bollinger. 1994. Geologie und Paläontologie der Glimmersandgrube Helsighausen (Kt. Thurgau); Geology and paleontology of the mica-rich sand pit of Helsighausen (Canton Thurgau). Mitteilungen der thurgauischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft 52:63-79 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell] | |
11712 | 5% 6560 | T.h. Bollinger. 1994. Die Obere Süßwassermolasse in Bayern und der Ostschweiz: bio- und lithostratigraphische Korrelationen (Upper Freshwater molasse in Bavaria and Eastern Switzerland: bio- and lithostratigraphic correlations). Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Historische Geologie 34:109-144 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell] |