Egerkingen, beta fissure (Eocene of Switzerland)

Also known as Egerkingen

Where: Baselland, Switzerland (47.3° N, 7.8° E: paleocoordinates 45.4° N, 3.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MP14 zone, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• Between the Bouxwiller and the Lissieu levels

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J.-L. Hartenberger. 1970. Les mammiferes d'Egerkingen et l'histoire des faunes de l'Eocene d'Europe. Bulletin de la Societe geologique de France 12(5):886-893 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31721: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 23.05.2003, edited by Juan Benito Moreno and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
"Paleunycteris rutimeyeri n. sp." = Stehlinia2
"Paleunycteris rutimeyeri n. sp." = Stehlinia2 vesper bat
Ef.992 Fragment of left mandible with P3-M3
 Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae
Leptotheridium traguloides Stehlin 1910 even-toed ungulate
Dichodon cartieri Rutimeyer 1891 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae
Catodontherium buxgovianum Erfurt and Metais 2007 even-toed ungulate
Dacrytherium cf. elegans Filhol 1884 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Amphimerycidae
Pseudamphimeryx schlosseri Rutimeyer 1891 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Hyperdichobune langi3 Rutimeyer 1891 even-toed ungulate
Dichobune cf. robertiana Gervais 1848 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae
"Lophiotherium pygmaeum" = Antiacodon pygmaeus
"Lophiotherium pygmaeum" = Antiacodon pygmaeus Cope 1872 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Cebochoeridae
Cebochoerus (Gervachoerus) cf. suillus3, "Cebochoerus (Cebochoerus) ruetimeyeri" = Cebochoerus ruetimeyeri3, "Choeromorus jurensis" = Cebochoerus ruetimeyeri
Cebochoerus (Gervachoerus) cf. suillus3 Gervais 1859 even-toed ungulate
"Cebochoerus (Cebochoerus) ruetimeyeri" = Cebochoerus ruetimeyeri3 Stehlin 1908 even-toed ungulate
"Choeromorus jurensis" = Cebochoerus ruetimeyeri Stehlin 1908 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Choeropotamidae
Haplobunodon mulleri even-toed ungulate
Haplobunodon solodurense Stehlin 1908 even-toed ungulate
Ef.302a Lower left m3, Ef.303 Lower left m3, Ef.305 Lower left m3
 Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
"Chasmotherium cartieri" = Hyrachyus
"Chasmotherium cartieri" = Hyrachyus odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Plagiolophus sp. Pomel 1847 odd-toed ungulate
Palaeotherium eocaenum Gervais 1875 odd-toed ungulate
Palaeotherium ruetimeyeri Franzen 1968 odd-toed ungulate
Palaeotherium castrense Noulet 1863 odd-toed ungulate
"Plagiolophus cartieri" = Palaeotherium cartieri Stehlin 1904 odd-toed ungulate
Pachynolophus sp. Pomel 1847 odd-toed ungulate
"Anchilophus depereti" = Metanchilophus depereti Stehlin 1905 odd-toed ungulate
"Anchilophus cf. desmaresti" = Anchilophus (Anchilophus) desmaresti Gervais 1852 odd-toed ungulate
Propalaeotherium helveticum Savage et al. 1965 odd-toed ungulate
Propalaeotherium rollinati Stehlin 1905 odd-toed ungulate
"? Propalaeotherium parvulum" = Eurohippus parvulus Laurillard 1849 odd-toed ungulate
 Rodentia - Pseudosciuridae
Protadelomys cartieri1 Stehlin and Schaub 1951 rodent