Balstahl Bännli (Oligocene of Switzerland)

Also known as Balstahl Bannli

Where: Switzerland (47.3° N, 7.7° E: paleocoordinates 47.1° N, 4.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Knauermolasse Formation, MP 28 (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• Knauermolasse Formation (synonym of the Aarwangen Molasse and lateral equivalent of the Molasse Alsacienne Formation within the eastern Jura Molasse and the distal Plateau Molasse)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: B. Mennecart. 2015. The European Ruminants during the "Microbunodon Event" (MP28, Latest Oligocene): Impact of Climate Changes and Faunal Event on the Ruminant Evolution. PLoS ONE 10(2):e0116830:1-28 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184043: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 27.01.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Amphitragulus quercyi Filhol 1887 ruminant
NMS 7685