Leiachertobel 835m, Fischenthal, Zürich (Miocene to of Switzerland)

Where: Zürich, Switzerland (47.3° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 7.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 6 to MN 6 (13.7 - 11.1 Ma)

• MN6-7?; Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);

•470m (profile meter) above the Hüllistein marker bed

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

• 1 mammal tooth

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46258: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 09.01.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Poales - Typhaceae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix angusta Braun 1851 willow
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
? Pecopteris sp. Brongniart 1822
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum sp. Linnaeus 1753 horsetail
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Gliridae indet. Muirhead 1819 dormouse