Where: Zürich, Switzerland (47.0° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 47.3° N, 6.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 6 (13.7 - 12.8 Ma)
• Bollinger 1994: "MN6 not certain, can be called 'primitive MN6'".
•younger than 15.2 M Years; Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);
•300?m (profile meter) above the Hüllistein marker bed;
•Badenian
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; carbonaceous limestone and carbonaceous marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,
• includes only the new findings since 1991
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 46272: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 10.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821 insectivoran | |
Democricetodon medius, Eumyarion medius, Cricetodon aff. meini, Megacricetodon minor, Megacricetodon minor
Democricetodon medius mouse
Eumyarion medius Lartet 1851 mouse
Cricetodon aff. meini Freudenthal 1963 mouse
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 mouse
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 mouse | |
Gliridae indet. Muirhead 1819 dormouse
Microdyromys praemurinus Freudenberg 1941 dormouse | |
Ochotonidae indet. Thomas 1897 pika |