Ebnatt Kappel (Oligocene of Switzerland)

Also known as Ebnat Kappel; Ebnat-Kappel

Where: Switzerland (47.3° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 8.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Ebnater Schichten (Untere SüsswasserMolasse)

• 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 184044: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 27.01.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Protapirus bavaricus Oettingen-Spielberg 1952 tapir
EKO-T1-6
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Microbunodon minimum Lihoreau et al. 2004 anthracothere
 Artiodactyla -
Dremotherium cf. quercyi Filhol 1887 ruminant