Goldinger Tobel 3, Eschenbach, Sankt Gallen (Miocene of Switzerland)

Where: Sankt Gallen, Switzerland (47.2° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.4° N, 7.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 3 (20.0 - 16.9 Ma)

• MN3?; 21? Mill. Years;

•950m (profile meter) below the Hüllistein marker bed

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; marl

• floodplain with channels and lacustrine deposits
• marl, layered with organic detritus and lignit

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,

Primary reference: T.h. Bollinger. 1992. Kleinsäugerstratigraphie in der miozänen Hörnlischüttung (Ostschweiz); (Biostratigraphy of small mammals in the Hörnlischüttung of Miocene age (East Switzerland)). Documenta naturae 75:1-296 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46215: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 09.01.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceoidae
? Plesiodimylus sp.
? Plesiodimylus sp. Gaillard 1897 placental
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Galerix sp.
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848 hedgehog
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Ligerimys antiquus, Ligerimys oberlii, Ligerimys sp.
Ligerimys sp. Schaub 1951 rodent
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Gliridae indet., ? Pseudodryomys sp.
Gliridae indet. Muirhead 1819 dormouse
? Pseudodryomys sp. de Bruijn 1966 dormouse