Also known as WIII.I
Where: Fribourg, Switzerland (46.9° N, 7.1° E: paleocoordinates 45.9° N, 6.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MN 2a mammal zone, Lower Freshwater Molasse Formation, Agenian (23.0 - 20.0 Ma)
• "The outcropping sediments form part of the ‘‘Molasse grise de Lausanne’’ Formation [Lower Freshwater Molasse (USM)] within the ‘‘Plateau Molasse’’ (Becker et al. 2001; Becker 2003) and are attributed to the Agenian [MN 2a] European land mammal age." - Mennecart et al (2016)
Environment/lithology: fine channel fill; fine-grained, sandy marl and sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve
Primary reference: D. Becker, G. E. Rössner, L. Picot and J.-P. Berger. 2001. Early Miocene ruminants of Wallenried (USM, Aquitanian/Switzerland): sedimentology, biostratigraphy and paleoecology. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 94:547-564 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 203092: authorized by Terri Cleary, entered by Terri Cleary on 25.07.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801 | |
Actinopteri | |
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish | |
Reptilia | |
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard | |
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Mammalia | |
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent | |
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse | |
Gliridae indet. Muirhead 1819 dormouse
Peridyromys murinus Pomel 1853 dormouse | |
Eomyidae indet. Winge 1887 rodent | |
Lagomorpha indet. Brandt 1885 placental | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Limacidae indet. Lamarck 1801 slug | |
Helicidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 slug |