Where: Zürich, Switzerland (47.4° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 7.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 6 (13.7 - 12.8 Ma)
• Bollinger 1994: MN6; Bollinger 1992: MN6-7(?)
•Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);
•472?m (profile meter) above the Hüllistein marker bed
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,
• 24 mammal teeth, 22 Celtis seeds
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 46273: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 10.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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