Where: Baselland, Switzerland (47.5° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 6.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 7 + 8 (12.8 - 11.1 Ma)
• Vindobonian, Sarmatian; MN 8
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: B. Engesser. 1972. Die obermiozäne Säugetierfauna von Anwil (Baselland); (The Upper Miocene mammalian fauna of Anwil, Baselland). Tätigkeitsberichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Baselland 28:35-364 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/J. Richter]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49421: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 15.04.2005, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
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Tadarida sp. Rafinesque 1814 free-tailed bat | |
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran | |
Ursavus brevirhinus Hofmann 1887 bear | |
Trochotherium sp. Fraas 1870 mustelid carnivore | |
Pseudarctos aff. bavaricus Schlosser 1899 bear-dog | |
Semigenetta mutata civet | |
Herpestes filholi mongoose | |
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse | |
Rhinoceros sp. Linnaeus 1758 one-horned rhinoceros | |
Taucanamo pygmaeum even-toed ungulate | |
Dorcatherium sp. Kaup 1839 chevrotain | |
Micromeryx flourensianus Lartet 1851 musk deer | |
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
Euprox furcatus Hensel 1859 deer | |
Palaeomeryx sp. von Meyer 1834 ruminant | |
Eotragus sp. Pilgrim 1939 antelope | |
Talpidae indet., Desmanella stehlini n. gen. n. sp., Proscapanus sansaniensis, Scaptonyx edwardsi, "Talpa" minuta
Desmanella stehlini n. gen. n. sp. Engesser 1972 mole
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole
Scaptonyx edwardsi Gaillard 1899 Long-tailed mole
"Talpa" minuta Blainville 1840 mole | |
Soricidae indet., Dinosorex pachygnathus n. gen. n. sp.
Dinosorex pachygnathus n. gen. n. sp. Engesser 1972 shrew | |
Plesiosorex schaffneri n. sp.
Plesiosorex schaffneri n. sp. Engesser 1972 placental | |
Galerix socialis von Meyer 1865 hedgehog
Lanthanotherium sansaniense hedgehog | |
Plesiodimylus chantrei Gaillard 1899 placental
Metacordylodon schlosseri Andreae 1904 placental | |
Neocometes brunonis mouse | |
"Cotimus cf. latior" = Leidymys, Democricetodon freisingensis1, Democricetodon brevis1, Megacricetodon aff. schaubi, Megacricetodon germanicus n. sp.3, Megacricetodon aff. minor2, Megacricetodon similis, "Cricetodon hagni" = Deperetomys hagni, "Deperetomys hagni" = Deperetomys hagni2, Cricetodon jumaensis4, Eumyarion latior2
"Cotimus cf. latior" = Leidymys mouse
Megacricetodon similis Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
"Cricetodon hagni" = Deperetomys hagni Fahlbusch 1964 mouse | |
Anomalomys gaudryi Mein and Freudenthal 1971 rodent | |
Gliridae indet., Pseudodryomys hamadryas, Paraglirulus cf. lissiensis, Paraglirulus werenfelsi n. gen. n. sp., Myoglis larteti, Muscardinus sp., Eomuscardinus aff. sansaniensis, Glirudinus cf. gracilis, Microdyromys miocaenicus, Microdyromys cf. koenigswaldi
Pseudodryomys hamadryas dormouse
Paraglirulus cf. lissiensis dormouse
Paraglirulus werenfelsi n. gen. n. sp. Engesser 1972 dormouse
Myoglis larteti Baudelot 1966 dormouse
Eomuscardinus aff. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 dormouse
Glirudinus cf. gracilis Dehm 1950 dormouse
Microdyromys miocaenicus dormouse
Microdyromys cf. koenigswaldi de Bruijn 1966 dormouse | |
"Cryptopterus gaillardi" = Miopetaurista, Blackia miocaenica, "Sciurus bredai" = Spermophilinus bredai, Sciuropterus sp., Forsythia gaudryi
"Cryptopterus gaillardi" = Miopetaurista squirrel
Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970 squirrel
"Sciurus bredai" = Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
Sciuropterus sp. Cuvier 1825 squirrel
Forsythia gaudryi squirrel | |
Steneofiber minutus beaver | |
Keramidomys anwilensis n. sp. Engesser 1972 rodent
Keramidomys mohleri n. sp. Engesser 1972 rodent |