Where: Canton Solothurn, Switzerland (47.3° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 5.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: MP 29 other zone, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• "Since their publication in the ‘‘International Symposium on Mammalian Biostratigraphy and Palaeoecology’’ (Engesser and Mayo 1987), Rickenbach is definitively recognised as the European mammalian reference locality for level MP29 (...) Detailed correlations between Swiss mammal levels and magnetostratigraphy were additionally published by Schlunegger et al. (1996), who clearly correlated the Rickenbach level (=MP29) within the chron 6 Cr, which actually corresponds to the interval 23.4–23.9 Ma (Fig. 1; Berger 2011)" (from Mennecart et al. 2012)
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•de Bonis and Mennecart 2017: The age of the Rickenbach deposits, 23.9–23.4 Ma (berger 2011), corresponds to a major faunal remodeling known as the “Microbunodon Event” (scHerler et al. 2013, Mennecart 2015).
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: B. Mennecart, L. Scherler, F. Hiard, D. Becker, and J.P. Berger. 2012. Large mammals from Rickenbach (Switzerland, reference locality MP29, Late Oligocene): biostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental implications. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 131:161-181 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 182805: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 25.11.2016, edited by Grace Varnham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Melanopsis acuminata snail | |
"Planorbis (Coretus) cornu" = Planorbarius cornu
"Planorbis (Coretus) cornu" = Planorbarius cornu Brongniart 1810 snail | |
Limnaea (Radix) subbullata Sandberger 1875 snail | |
Cepaea rugulosa slug | |
Neritina sp. Lamarck 1816 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Unio (Iridea) subflabellatus freshwater mussel
Unio vogti freshwater mussel
Unio inaeguiradiatus freshwater mussel | |
Mammalia | |
Gliravus buijni dormouse
Microdyromys cf. praemurinus Freudenberg 1941 dormouse | |
Archaeomys helveticus rodent
Archaeomys arvernensis rodent
? Archaeomys laurillardi rodent
Issiodoromys pseudanoema rodent | |
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel | |
Eomys cf. ebnatensis rodent
Eomys huerzeleri Engesser 1982 rodent | |
Steneofiber dehmi beaver | |
Plesiosminthus promyarion n. sp.
Plesiosminthus promyarion n. sp. Schaub 1930 jumping mouse | |
Adelomyarion vireti, Rhizospalax poirrieri, "Eucricetodon cf. dubius" = Eucricetodon dubius, "Cricetodon praecursor n. sp." = Eucricetodon dubius, Melissiodon cf. quercyi
Adelomyarion vireti Hugueney 1969 mouse
Rhizospalax poirrieri mouse
"Eucricetodon cf. dubius" = Eucricetodon dubius Schaub 1925 mouse
"Cricetodon praecursor n. sp." = Eucricetodon dubius Schaub 1925 mouse
Melissiodon cf. quercyi Schaub 1920 mouse | |
Amphechinus sp. Aymard 1850 hedgehog | |
Dinosorex huerzeleri Engesser 1975 shrew | |
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole | |
Diaceratherium lamilloquense Michel 1983 rhinoceros
Ronzotherium romani rhinoceros | |
Protapirus sp. Filhol 1877 tapir | |
Palaeochoerus pusillus even-toed ungulate | |
Anthracotherium magnum Cuvier 1822 anthracothere
Microbunodon minimum Lihoreau et al. 2004 anthracothere | |
"Caenotherium "sp. 1"" = Cainotherium, "Caenotherium "sp. 2"" = Cainotherium
"Caenotherium "sp. 1"" = Cainotherium Bravard 1828 even-toed ungulate
"Caenotherium "sp. 2"" = Cainotherium Bravard 1828 even-toed ungulate | |
"Amphitragulus" feningrei ruminant
"Amphitragulus" quercyi Filhol 1887 ruminant | |
Babameryx engesseri n. gen. n. sp., Dremotherium guthi
Babameryx engesseri n. gen. n. sp. Mennecart et al. 2012 ruminant
Dremotherium guthi Jehenne 1987 ruminant | |
Hyaenodon aff. compressus creodont
Hyaenodon filholi Schlosser 1877 creodont | |
Stenogale sp. Schlosser 1888 carnivoran | |
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821 civet | |
Amphicyon sp. Lartet 1836 bear-dog
Haplocyon sp. Schlosser 1901 bear-dog | |
Plesictis sp. Pomel 1846 mustelid carnivore | |
Cephalogale "sp. 1" Jourdan 1862 bear
Cephalogale "sp. 2" Jourdan 1862 bear | |
Amphiperatherium exile Gervais 1848 marsupial | |
Reptilia | |
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. bird | |
Pisces | |
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish | |
Limnaea | |