Where: Zürich, Switzerland (47.3° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 7.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 6 to MN 6 (13.7 - 11.1 Ma)
• MN6-7?; Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);
•470m (profile meter) above the Hüllistein marker bed
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,
• 2 mammal teeth, 5 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 46257: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 09.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Gliridae indet. Muirhead 1819 dormouse | |
Keramidomys cf. carpathicus Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent | |
Angiospermae | |
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry |