Where: Zürich, Switzerland (47.3° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 7.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 6 (13.7 - 12.8 Ma)
• MN6?; Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);
•400m (profile meter) above the Hüllistein marker bed
Environment/lithology: coarse channel fill; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,
• 4 mammal teeth, 2 Celtis seeds
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 46244: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 09.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel | |
Eumyarion sp. Thaler 1966 rodent | |
Lanthanotherium aff. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 hedgehog | |
Plesiodimylus sp. Gaillard 1897 placental | |
Angiospermae | |
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry |