Güntisberg, Wald, Zürich (Miocene of Switzerland)

Where: Zürich, Switzerland (47.3° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 7.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)

• MN5"b"; Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);

•75m (profile meter) above the Hüllistein marker bed.

•After Bollinger 1992: MN5(?). After Bollinger 1994: MN5"b" (=middle MN5).

Environment/lithology: coarse channel fill; sandstone

• Coars-medium sandstone, including marl pebbles, coal and organic detritus

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,

• 45 mammal teeth, 10 Celtis seeds

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 46227: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 09.01.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Gliridae indet. Muirhead 1819 dormouse
Bransatoglis cadeoti Bulot 1978 dormouse
Microdyromys praemurinus Freudenberg 1941 dormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Keramidomys carpathicus Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Eumyarion weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953 mouse
 Lagomorpha -
Eurolagus sp. Lopez Martinez 1977 placental
sp. 1
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
several fragments
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium aurelianensis anchitheriine horse
 Artiodactyla -