Where: Zürich, Switzerland (47.3° N, 8.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 44.5° N, 10.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 5 (16.0 - 13.8 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

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