Fischbach 600m, Helsighausen, layer H2, Thurgau (Miocene of Switzerland)

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)

• MN7, about 13.5 Mill. years

Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified, sandy limestone and poorly lithified sandstone

• Lime-sandy shellphragments of molluscs, 5 cm thick sediment layer

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

• Except the very big fossils, all the teeth has been collected by sieving of 300 kg.

Primary reference: T. Bollinger. 1994. Geologie und Paläontologie der Glimmersandgrube Helsighausen (Kt. Thurgau); Geology and paleontology of the mica-rich sand pit of Helsighausen (Canton Thurgau). Mitteilungen der thurgauischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft 52:63-79 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 53571: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 12.09.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Lagomorpha -
Eurolagus sp.
Eurolagus sp. Lopez Martinez 1977 placental
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus oeningensis
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Megacricetodon minor, Megacricetodon gregarius, Eumyarion cf. latior, Democricetodon cf. brevis, Democricetodon cf. affinis
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 rodent
Megacricetodon gregarius Schaub 1925 rodent
Eumyarion cf. latior Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent
Democricetodon cf. brevis Schaub 1925 rodent
Democricetodon cf. affinis Schaub 1925 rodent
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Steneofiber cf. jaegeri, Steneofiber minutus
 Rodentia - Anomalomyidae
? Anomalomys sp.
? Anomalomys sp. Gaillard 1900 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Albanensia cf. albanensis, Blackia miocaenica, Spermophilinus bredai
Albanensia cf. albanensis Major 1893 squirrel
Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970 squirrel
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Miodyromys aegercii, Myoglis meini, ? Glirulus cf. conjunctus
Miodyromys aegercii Baudelot 1972 dormouse
Myoglis meini de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
? Glirulus cf. conjunctus Mayr 1979 Japanese dormouse
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceoidae
Plesiodimylus chantrei
Plesiodimylus chantrei Gaillard 1899 placental
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Galerix cf. socialis, Amphechinus sp.
Galerix cf. socialis von Meyer 1865 hedgehog
Amphechinus sp. Aymard 1850 hedgehog
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet., Dinosorex cf. pachygnathus
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
Dinosorex cf. pachygnathus Engesser 1972 shrew
 Soricomorpha - Plesiosoricidae
Plesiosorex sp.
Plesiosorex sp. Pomel 1848 placental
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Talpidae indet.
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole
 Placentalia -
Artiodactyla indet., Carnivora indet.
Artiodactyla indet. even-toed ungulate
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran