Christobel, Wald, Zürich: MN 6, Switzerland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
? Miopetaurista sp. Kretzoi 1962
see common names

Geography
Country:Switzerland State/province:Zürich County:Wald
Coordinates: 47.3° North, 8.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.5° North, 7.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:690 meters
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:MN 6
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 12.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: MN6?; Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);
210m (profile meter) above the Hüllistein marker bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Environment:"floodplain"
Geology comments: floodplain with channels, "overbank"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated minor elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:0.200 Maximum sieve size:1.250
Collection size:2 specimens
Rock censused:5 kg
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:46238
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:S. Kuemmell
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-01-09 08:34:37 Last modified:2007-03-02 22:49:08
Access level:the public Released:2005-01-09 08:34:37
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]