Where: Thurgau, Switzerland (47.6° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 47.3° N, 8.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 7 + 8 (12.8 - 11.1 Ma)
• about 13.5 Mill. years; Bollinger 1994: MN7; Bollinger 1992: MN 6-7 (?8);
•Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);
Environment/lithology: coarse channel fill; coarse-grained, micaceous, pebbly, carbonaceous sandstone and lignite
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
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 46277: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 10.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Angiospermae | |
Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753 willow
Populus latior Braun 1835 poplar
Populus balsamoides Göppert 1855 poplar | |
Platanus aceroides Göppert 1852 plane tree | |
Liquidambar europaea sweetgum | |
? Cinnamomum sp. Schaeffer 1760 cinnamon | |
"Coniferae indet." = Pinophyta1
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Mammalia | |
"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum
"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831 deinothere entered as "Dinotherium bavaricum"
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Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
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Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika | |
Megacricetodon germanicus, Megacricetodon minor2, Megacricetodon cf. gregarius2, ? Eumyarion latior2, Democricetodon brevis2, Democricetodon cf. affinis1, Democricetodon mutilus2
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Pliopithecus cf. antiquus Blainville 1839 monkey | |
Plesiodimylus sp. Gaillard 1897 placental | |
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Ruminantia indet. ruminant | |
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Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer | |
Listriodon splendens von Meyer 1846 pig | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
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Ursidae indet. Gray 1825 bear | |
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