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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Carex sp. Linnaeus 1753 sedge
Cladium sp. Browne sedge | |
Sparganium sp. Linnaeus 1753 bur-reed | |
Mammalia | |
Gliridae indet., Pseudodryomys ibericus, Miodyromys hamadryas, Miodyromys cf. aegercii, ? Paraglirulus sp., Peridyromys cf. murinus, Bransatoglis astaracensis, Microdyromys sp., Microdyromys cf. praemurinus
Gliridae indet. Muirhead 1819 dormouse
Pseudodryomys ibericus de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Miodyromys cf. aegercii Baudelot 1972 dormouse
Peridyromys cf. murinus Pomel 1853 dormouse
Bransatoglis astaracensis Baudelot 1970 dormouse
Microdyromys sp. de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Microdyromys cf. praemurinus Freudenberg 1941 dormouse | |
Anomalomys minor Fejfar 1972 rodent | |
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
? Miopetaurista sp. Kretzoi 1962 squirrel | |
Ligerimys florancei rodent | |
Democricetodon aff. franconicus Fahlbusch 1966 mouse
Megacricetodon cf. collongensis Mein 1958 mouse
Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse | |
Plesiodimylus helveticus n. sp.
Plesiodimylus helveticus n. sp. Bollinger 1992 placental | |
Galerix symeonidisi Doukas 1986 hedgehog | |
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
Heterosorex neumayrianus shrew | |
Plesiosorex cf. styriacus Hoffmann 1892 placental | |
Desmanella sp. Engesser 1972 mole | |
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat | |
Ruminantia indet. ruminant | |
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran |