Where: Zürich, Switzerland (47.3° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 7.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 6 (13.7 - 12.8 Ma)
• MN6?; Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);
•410m (profile meter) above the Hüllistein marker bed
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,
• 3 mammal teeth, 16 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 46252: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 09.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry | |
Mammalia | |
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821 insectivoran | |
Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970 squirrel |