Tägernaustrasse, Jona, Sankt Gallen ("Assemblage"-zone) (Miocene of Switzerland)

Where: Sankt Gallen, Switzerland (47.3° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 7.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 4 (16.9 - 16.0 Ma)

• MN4; 17.5 M Years; Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);

•340m (profile meter) below the Hüllistein marker bed.

•Karpatian

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; coal and marl

• Coal and laminated marl with organic detritus

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,

• It is chosen as an "Assemblage-Zone" and is stored in the Naturhistorischen Museum Basel and in the Paläontological Insitute and Museum Zürich;

•1600 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 46284: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 10.01.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
 Artiodactyla -
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Galerix symeonidisi Doukas 1986 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceoidae
Plesiodimylus helveticus n. sp. Bollinger 1992 placental
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmanella sp. Engesser 1972 mole
 Theriamorpha - Plesiosoricidae
Plesiosorex cf. styriacus Hoffmann 1892 placental
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
? Miopetaurista sp. Kretzoi 1962 squirrel
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon aff. franconicus Fahlbusch 1966 mouse
Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
 Rodentia - Anomalomyidae
Anomalomys minor Fejfar 1972 rodent
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Gliridae indet. Muirhead 1819 dormouse
Microdyromys sp. de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Microdyromys cf. praemurinus Freudenberg 1941 dormouse
Peridyromys cf. murinus Pomel 1853 dormouse
Miodyromys hamadryas Forsyth Major 1899 dormouse
ssp.
Miodyromys cf. aegercii Baudelot 1972 dormouse
Pseudodryomys ibericus de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
? Paraglirulus sp. Engesser 1972 dormouse
it is written: Microdyromys/Paraglirulus indet.
Bransatoglis astaracensis Baudelot 1970 dormouse
Angiospermae
 Typhales - Commelinidae
Sparganium sp. Linnaeus 1753 bur-reed
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Carex sp. Linnaeus 1753 sedge
Cladium sp. Browne sedge