Belpberg (Miocene of Switzerland)
Where: Switzerland (46.9° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 7.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• AGE: late Eggenburgian to early Ottnangian age (=middle Burdigalian).
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, fine-grained, medium sandstone
• LITHOLOGY: mica-rich, fine- to medium-grained sandstone.
Reposited in the NHMW
• REPOSITORIES: Include the Natural History Museum Vienna (Austria) (NHMW).
Primary reference: G. Pilleri. 1987. The Sirenia of the Swiss Molasse 1-114 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 65054: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.09.2006, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Sirenia indet. sirenian | |
Thecostraca | |
"Scalpellum studeri" = Calantica (Scillaelepas) studeri
"Scalpellum studeri" = Calantica (Scillaelepas) studeri Weltner 1922 barnacle |