Gosgen canal (Eocene of Switzerland)

Also known as Gosgen Kanal, Goesgen

Where: Solothurn, Switzerland (47.4° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.1° N, 4.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: between Perriere and La Debruge levels zone, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. Sudre. 1978. Les artiodactyles de l'Eocene moyen et superieur d'Europe occidentale; systematique et evolution. Memoires et Travaux de l'Institut de Montpellier de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes 7:1-229 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31746: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 24.05.2003, edited by Juan Benito Moreno

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Taxonomic list

• incomplete
Mammalia
 Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae
Amphilemur peyeri elephant shrew
 Primates - Omomyidae
Microchoerus erinaceus Wood 1844 tarsier
 Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Saturninia gracilis Stehlin 1940 placental
G.C.879 Left mandible with p4-m3, G.C.364 Left mandible with p2-m1, G.C.365 Left maxilla with m2-m3, G.C.547 Mandible with m1, G.C.548 Mandible with p4-m1, G.C.549 Mandible with p2-m2, G.C.880 Right mandible with m1-m3 and alveola for i1, G.C.885 Left mandible with m1-m3, Db.488 Right maxilla with P4-M2, Db.520a Right mandible with m2-m3, Db.537a Right mandible with p3-m1, Db.592a Right mandible with p4-m3, Db.593a Left mandible with p4-m2, Db.594a Right mandible with p4-m1 and m3, Db.595a Right mandible with p4-m1, Db.597a Left mandible with m1-m2, Db.598a Lower right p4, Db.599a Lower right p4, Db.600a Left mandible, Db.615 Fragment of m/p, Db.616 Fragment of m/p, 30, Db.618 Fragment of m/p, Db.619 Fragment of m/p, Db.623 Upper right M2, Db.624 Upper right P4, Db.664 Lower left i2, Db.665 Upper left I1, Db.708 Upper right molar, Db.762 Right maxilla with P4, Db.952 Lower left i2, Db.953 Upper left, M3 Db.954 Upper right molar
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Mouillacitherium cf. elegans Filhol 1882 even-toed ungulate
Dichobune cf. fraasi Schlosser 1902 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Amphimerycidae
Amphimeryx cf. murinus Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
Pseudamphimeryx renevieri Pictet and Humbert 1869 even-toed ungulate