Where: Zürich, Switzerland (47.3° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 7.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)
• MN5"b"; Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);
•130m (profile meter) above the Hüllistein marker bed.
•After Bollinger 1992: MN5/6. After Bollinger 1994: MN5"b" (=middle MN5).
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; carbonaceous marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,
• 60 mammal teeth
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 46234: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 09.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika
Lagopsis verus Hensel 1856 pika | |
Microdyromys praemurinus Freudenberg 1941 dormouse | |
Eumyarion bifidus, Democricetodon mutilus, "Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis, Megacricetodon germanicus, Megacricetodon cf. minor, Megacricetodon minor
Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
Megacricetodon germanicus rodent
Megacricetodon cf. minor Lartet 1851 rodent
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 rodent | |
Keramidomys carpathicus Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent | |
Heteroxerus sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951 squirrel | |
Ruminantia indet. ruminant | |
Miosorex desnoyersianus shrew | |
Lanthanotherium aff. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 hedgehog | |
Angiospermae | |
Sparganium sp. Linnaeus 1753 bur-reed | |
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry |