Where: Zürich, Switzerland (47.6° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 7.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 3 to MN 3 (20.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• MN3-4?
•JA: "Krokodilschichten" entered as local section
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,
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 46266: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 10.01.2005, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Protaceratherium sp. Abel 1910 rhinoceros | |
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Palaeomeryx sp. von Meyer 1834 ruminant | |
"Caenotherium sp." = Cainotherium
"Caenotherium sp." = Cainotherium Bravard 1828 even-toed ungulate | |
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig | |
Elomeryx borbonicus Geais 1934 anthracothere | |
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 rodent | |