Bumbach 1 (Oligocene of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (46.8° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 6.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 25 (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: O. Maridet, M. Hugueney, and K. Heissig. 2010. New data about the diversity of Early Oligocene eomyids (Mammalia, Rodentia) in Western Europe. Geodiversitas 32(2):221-254 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183684: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 13.01.2017

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Eomys "nov. sp. 2" Schlosser 1884 rodent
Eomys "nov. sp. 3" Schlosser 1884 rodent
 Artiodactyla -
Mosaicomeryx quercyi1 Jehenne 1987 ruminant
NMBe 5017073 and UM459
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotherium bumbachense n. sp.2 Stehlin 1910 anthracothere