Where: Zürich, Switzerland (47.3° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 7.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)
• MN5"b"; Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);
•110m (profile meter) above the Hüllistein marker bed.
•After Bollinger 1992: MN5(5-6). After Bollinger 1994: MN5"b" (=middle MN5).
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; carbonaceous marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,
• 10 mammal teeth, 1 Celtis seed
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 46229: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 09.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
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Ochotonidae indet. Thomas 1897 pika | |
? Eumyarion weinfurteri, ? Megacricetodon germanicus, Megacricetodon cf. minor, Megacricetodon minor
? Eumyarion weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953 mouse
Megacricetodon cf. minor Lartet 1851 mouse
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 mouse | |
|
Eomuscardinus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 dormouse
Miodyromys cf. aegercii Baudelot 1972 dormouse | |
|
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel | |
|
Ruminantia indet. ruminant | |
|
Galerix cf. exilis de Blainville 1839 hedgehog | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry | |