Where: Thurgau, Switzerland (47.5° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 7.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 7 + 8 (12.8 - 11.1 Ma)
• Bollinger 1994: MN8; Bollinger 1992: MN7?(6-7)
•Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);
•400?m (profile meter) above the Hüllistein marker bed
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; carbonaceous limestone and marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,
• 75 mammal teeth
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 46276: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 10.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Angiospermae | |
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Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry | |
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Sphaerochara sp. Mädler 1952 | |
| Mammalia | |
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Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821 insectivoran | |
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Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika | |
Democricetodon freisingensis, ? Democricetodon brevis, "? Democricetodon cf. gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis, Megacricetodon germanicus, ? Megacricetodon similis, Megacricetodon cf. minor, ? Megacricetodon aff. minor, Cricetodon cf. sansaniensis
Democricetodon freisingensis Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
? Democricetodon brevis Schaub 1925 mouse
"? Democricetodon cf. gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis Fahlbusch 1964 mouse cf. gracilis/brevis
? Megacricetodon similis Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Megacricetodon cf. minor Lartet 1851 mouse
? Megacricetodon aff. minor Lartet 1851 mouse
Cricetodon cf. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mouse | |
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Paraglirulus conjunctus Mayr 1979 dormouse
Microdyromys miocaenicus dormouse
Miodyromys aegercii Baudelot 1972 dormouse | |
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Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel | |