Where: Zürich, Switzerland (47.4° N, 8.5° E: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 7.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)

• MN5"c"; Bollinger 1992: MN5-6. After Bollinger 1994: MN5"c" (=upper MN5).

•Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);

•130?m (profile meter) above the Hüllistein marker bed

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; carbonaceous marl and limestone

Size class: macrofossils

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 46271: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 10.01.2005

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