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: coarse channel fill; fine-grained, medium, coarse 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 203093: authorized by Terri Cleary, entered by Terri Cleary on 25.07.2019

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