PBDB Collection

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

Where: Thurgau, Switzerland (47.6° N, 9.1° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 45.4° N, 10.7° E (Wright 2013)

• 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

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Taxonomic list

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