Where: Jura, Switzerland (47.3° N, 7.4° E: paleocoordinates 45.3° N, 3.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MP16 other zone, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• "In summary, the small mammals from La Verrerie de Roches fit best with the Reference Level MP16 (Fig. 5) and to the Lophiodon lautricense-Lophiotherium siderolithicum Mammal Biozone"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; limestone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: chemical, mechanical, sieve,
Primary reference: D. Becker, G. Rauber, and L. Scherler. 2013. New small mammal fauna of late Middle Eocene age from a fissure filling at La Verrerie de Roches (Jura, NW Switzerland). Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 32(2):433-446 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 182385: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 27.10.2016, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Herpetotheriinae indet." = Herpetotheriidae
"Herpetotheriinae indet." = Herpetotheriidae Trouessart 1879 marsupial Left P1 (MJSN VRR006-219); fragmentary right M4 (MJSN VRR006-209)
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Elfomys engesseri Hooker and Weidmann 2007 rodent Left DP4 (MJSN VRR006-217); left P4 (MJSN VRR006-215); two right M1/2s (MJSN VRR006-226, MJSN VRR006-227); left p4 (MJSN VRR006-222)
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Sciuroides cf. romani Hartenberger 1973 rodent Right DP4 (MJSN VRR006- 213); right P4 (MJSN VRR006-212); left M1/2 (MJSN VRR006-208)
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