Grat-Kirchberg 935m, Sankt Gallen ("Assemblage"-Zone): MN 7 + 8, Switzerland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814
Heterosoricinae indet. Viret and Zapfe 1951
Dinosorex cf. pachygnathus Engesser 1972
Miosorex cf. desnoyersianus
Mammalia - Dimylidae
Plesiodimylus sp. Gaillard 1897
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848
Mammalia
Ruminantia indet. Scopoli 1777
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus sp. Pomel 1853
Mammalia - Lagomorpha
Eurolagus sp. Lopez Martinez 1977
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Bransatoglis astaracensis (Baudelot 1970)
Paraglirulus werenfelsi Engesser 1972
Eomuscardinus aff. sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Microdyromys sp. de Bruijn 1966
Microdyromys praemurinus Freudenberg 1941
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilinus bredai (von Meyer 1848)
Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Keramidomys cf. mohleri Engesser 1972
Keramidomys reductus n. sp. Bollinger 1992
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon aff. gaillardi Schaub 1925
    = Democricetodon freisingensis Fahlbusch 1964
Bollinger 1994
Democricetodon brevis (Schaub 1925)
Megacricetodon similis Fahlbusch 1964
Cricetodon sp. Lartet 1851
Eumyarion cf. latior Schaub and Zapfe 1953
    = Eumyarion latior Schaub and Zapfe 1953
Bollinger 1994
Mammalia - Rodentia - Anomalomyidae
Anomalomys gaudryi Mein and Freudenthal 1971
Bollinger 1994
unclassified
Sinomenium sp.
Angiospermae - Rosales - Ulmaceae
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Moraceae
Broussonetia sp. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1799
Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Typhales - Sparganiaceae
Sparganium sp. Linnaeus 1753
see common names

Geography
Country:Switzerland State/province:Sankt Gallen County:Mühlrüti
Coordinates: 47.4° North, 9.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.6° North, 7.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:935 meters
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5-6
Key time interval: MN 7 + 8
Age range of interval: 12.8 - 11.1 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Bollinger 1994: MN8; Bollinger 1992: MN7
13.3 M Years; Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);
600m (profile meter) above the Hüllistein marker bed.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: carbonaceous marl
Environment:"floodplain"
Geology comments: floodplain and fine channel fill, organic detritus and lignite
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated minor elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:0.200 Maximum sieve size:1.250
Rock censused:300 kg
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: It is chosen as an "Assemblage-Zone" and is stored in the Paläontological Insitute and Museum Zürich.
1000 mammal teeth, 40 Celtis seeds.
Metadata
Database number:46288
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:S. Kuemmell
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-01-10 03:00:48 Last modified:2007-03-02 23:05:06
Access level:the public Released:2005-01-10 03:00:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12335. 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]

Secondary references:

117125% 6560T.h. Bollinger. 1994. Die Obere Süßwassermolasse in Bayern und der Ostschweiz: bio- und lithostratigraphische Korrelationen (Upper Freshwater molasse in Bavaria and Eastern Switzerland: bio- and lithostratigraphic correlations). Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Historische Geologie 34:109-144 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]