Where: Zürich, Switzerland (47.3° N, 8.7° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 44.5° N, 10.7° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)
• MN5?; Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);
•115m (profile meter) above the Hüllistein marker bed
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 46231: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 09.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848 hedgehog | |
Gliridae indet. Muirhead 1819 dormouse
Microdyromys praemurinus Freudenberg 1941 dormouse | |
Keramidomys carpathicus Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent | |
Spermophilinus aff. bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel |