Balm (Oligocene of Switzerland)

Where: Switzerland (47.3° N, 7.6° E: paleocoordinates 46.7° N, 4.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 22 mammal zone, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: D. Kälin. 2013. A new Oligocene (MP 24) mammal fauna (Dürrenberg, Canton Jura, NW Switzerland) from the eastern slope of the ‘‘Rauracian depression’’. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 106:207-218 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183371: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.12.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Amphiperatherium cf. ambiguum2 Filhol 1877 marsupial
Blm 1 and 2
Amphiperatherium cf. minutum2 Aymard 1846 marsupial
Blm 4, 6 and 10
 Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Nyctitheriidae indet.2 Simpson 1928 placental
Blm 5
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Issiodoromys balmensis n. sp. Mayo 1987 rodent
NMS 40896
Issiodoromys medius1 Vianey-Liaud 1976 rodent
Pseudoltinomys aff. gaillardi3 Lavocat 1951 rodent
Theridomys sp.3 Jourdan 1837 rodent
Theridomys varians3 Thaler 1969 rodent
Toeniodus ernii n. sp. Mayo 1987 rodent
NMB Blm 218
Blainvillimys gregarius5 Schlosser 1884 rodent
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eucricetodon aff. huberi3 Schaub 1925 mouse
Eucricetodon huerzeleri4 Vianey-Liaud 1972 mouse
Cricetodon sp.3 Lartet 1851 mouse
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Gliravus majori Stehlin and Schaub 1951 dormouse
NMS 40895
 Rodentia -
 Chiroptera -
Microchiroptera indet.2 Dobson 1875 bat
Blm 8 and 9