Hüllistein, Rüti, Zürich: MN 5, Switzerland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus oeningensis (König 1825)
Lagopsis verus Hensel 1856
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Bollinger 1994
Bollinger 1994
Bollinger 1994
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Keramidomys carpathicus (Schaub and Zapfe 1953)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
sp. div.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Gliridae indet. Muirhead 1819
sp. div.
Miodyromys hamadryas Forsyth Major 1899
ssp.
Mammalia - Rodentia
Neocometes similis Fahlbusch 1966
Bollinger 1994
Mammalia - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848
Mammalia - Tragulidae
Mammalia - Cervidae
Mammalia - Suidae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
unclassified
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Angiospermae - Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
? Caprifoliaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Phragmites sp. Adanson 1763
Angiospermae - Poales - Typhaceae
Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
Angiospermae - Fagales - Myricaceae
Angiospermae - Rosales - Ulmaceae
Zelkova ungeri Kovats 1865
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix lavateri Heer 1856
Angiospermae - Ericales - Ebenaceae
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Pteridaceae
Cheilanthes sp. Swartz 1806
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Dennstaedtiaceae
see common names

Geography
Country:Switzerland State/province:Zürich County:Rüti
Coordinates: 47.3° North, 8.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.5° North, 10.8° East (Wright 2013)
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: 15.98 - 13.82 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:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-01-09 07:21:37
Creative Commons license:CC0
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]
117125% 6560T.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]