Benken, Zürich (Miocene to of Switzerland)

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
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Protaceratherium sp. Abel 1910 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Eotapirus broennimanni Schaub and Hurzeler 1948 tapir
PIMUZ A/V1781 and 1782
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx sp. von Meyer 1834 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
"Caenotherium sp." = Cainotherium
"Caenotherium sp." = Cainotherium Bravard 1828 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Elomeryx borbonicus Geais 1934 anthracothere
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 rodent
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae