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"; 15.3 M Years; 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: "floodplain"; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,
• It is chosen as an "Assemblage-Zone" and is stored in the Paläontological Insitute and Museum Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. 200 mammal teeth, 7 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 46286: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 10.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Anomalomys minutus n. sp.
Anomalomys minutus n. sp. Bollinger 1992 rodent | |
Bransatoglis astaracensis, Paraglirulus werenfelsi, Paraglirulus conjunctus, Microdyromys cf. miocaenicus, Microdyromys praemurinus
Bransatoglis astaracensis Baudelot 1970 dormouse
Paraglirulus werenfelsi Engesser 1972 dormouse
Paraglirulus conjunctus Mayr 1979 dormouse
Microdyromys cf. miocaenicus dormouse
Microdyromys praemurinus Freudenberg 1941 dormouse | |
Keramidomys carpathicus Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent | |
Neocometes similis Fahlbusch 1966 mouse | |
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970 squirrel
? Palaeosciurus sp. Pomel 1853 squirrel | |
Democricetodon mutilus, Megacricetodon minor, Megacricetodon minor, Eumyarion bifidus, Eumyarion weinfurteri
Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 rodent
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 rodent
Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
Eumyarion weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent | |
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika | |
Ruminantia indet. ruminant | |
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew | |
? Plesiosorex sp. Pomel 1848 placental | |
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848 hedgehog
Lanthanotherium aff. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 hedgehog | |
Plesiodimylus cf. bavaricus Schötz 1985 placental | |
Angiospermae | |
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry |