Where: Zürich, Switzerland (47.4° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 7.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 7 + 8 (12.8 - 11.1 Ma)
• MN7?; Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);
•655m (profile meter) above the Hüllistein marker bed
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lignite
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,
• 5 mammal teeth
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 46265: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 10.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lycopodiopsida | |
Selaginella sp. Beauvois 1804 spikemoss | |
Angiospermae | |
Sambucus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elder | |
Carex sp. Linnaeus 1753 sedge | |
Mammalia | |
Eomuscardinus aff. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 dormouse | |
Anomalomys gaudryi Mein and Freudenthal 1971 rodent | |
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse | |
Dimylidae indet. Schlosser 1887 placental | |
Soricidae indet., "Heterosoricidae indet." = Heterosoricinae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
"Heterosoricidae indet." = Heterosoricinae Viret and Zapfe 1951 shrew |