Veltheim, near Winterthur (anterior quarry): Serravallian, Switzerland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo vitodurana n. sp. Biedermann 1862
recombined as Titanochelon vitodurana
Testudo escheri Pictet and Humbert 1856
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Mastodon angustidens Cuvier 1806
recombined as Tetrabelodon angustidens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aceratherium incisivum (Cuvier 1824)
see common names

Geography
Country:Switzerland State/province:Zurich County:Winterthur
Coordinates: 47.5° North, 8.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.8° North, 7.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:480 meters
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Serravallian
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Secondary lithology: mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Museum of Winterthur
Metadata
Database number:198616
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Modifier:E. Vlachos
Created:2018-12-29 04:39:26 Last modified:2018-12-29 04:43:03
Access level:the public Released:2018-12-29 04:39:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
67647. W.G.A. Biedermann. 1862. Petrefakten aus der Umgegend von Winterthur. I. Schildkroten. 1-26 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]