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 | |
Typha latissima bulrush | |
Fagus cf. stuxbergi beech | |
Salix angusta Braun 1851 willow | |
Pteropsida | |
? Pecopteris sp. Brongniart 1822 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Equisetum sp. Linnaeus 1753 horsetail | |
Mammalia | |
Gliridae indet. Muirhead 1819 dormouse |