La Moliere: Burdigalian, Switzerland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Crocodilia
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Crocodilia indet.
Owen 1842
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emys sp.
Dumeril 1806
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Trachyaspis sp.
von Meyer 1843
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Diceratherium aurelianensis
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Odontoceti indet.
Flower 1867
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Eurhinodelphinidae
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Eurhinodelphidae indet.
Abel 1901
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Physeteridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Squalodontidae
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Squalodontidae indet.
Brandt 1873
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Procervulus dichotomus
Gervais 1849
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Aureliachoerus aurelianensis
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Hyotherium sp.
von Meyer 1834
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Geography
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Coordinates: | 46.8° North, 6.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.0° North, 5.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Marine Molasse, Upper Burdigalian |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: marine shelly sandstone | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 69539 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-02-27 14:30:36 | Last modified: | 2007-02-27 16:30:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-02-27 14:30:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23348. | M. Weidmann and L. Ginsburg. 1999. Sur le Gres de la Moliere. Bulletin de la Societe Vaudoise des Sciences naturelles 86(4):213-228 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |