Veltheim, near Winterthur (anterior quarry) (Miocene of Switzerland)
Where: Zurich, Switzerland (47.5° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 7.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone and mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Museum of Winterthur
Primary reference: W.G.A. Biedermann. 1862. Petrefakten aus der Umgegend von Winterthur. I. Schildkroten. 1-26 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 198616: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 29.12.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Reptilia | |
"Testudo vitodurana n. sp." = Titanochelon vitodurana, Testudo escheri
"Testudo vitodurana n. sp." = Titanochelon vitodurana Biedermann 1862 turtle
Testudo escheri Pictet and Humbert 1856 turtle | |
| Mammalia | |
"Mastodon angustidens" = Tetrabelodon angustidens
"Mastodon angustidens" = Tetrabelodon angustidens Cuvier 1806 gomphothere | |
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Aceratherium incisivum Cuvier 1824 rhinoceros | |