La Moliere (Miocene of Switzerland)
Where: Switzerland (46.8° N, 6.8° E: paleocoordinates 47.0° N, 5.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• Upper Marine Molasse, Upper Burdigalian
Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal sandstone
• marine shelly sandstone
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: M. Weidmann and L. Ginsburg. 1999. Sur le Gres de la Moliere. Bulletin de la Societe Vaudoise des Sciences naturelles 86(4):213-228 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 69539: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.02.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Diceratherium aurelianensis rhinoceros | |
Hyotherium sp. von Meyer 1834 pig | |
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale | |
Squalodontidae indet. Brandt 1873 toothed whale | |
Physeteridae indet. Gray 1821 sperm whale | |
"Eurhinodelphidae indet." = Eurhinodelphinidae
"Eurhinodelphidae indet." = Eurhinodelphinidae Abel 1901 toothed whale | |
Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849 deer | |
Reptilia | |
Emys sp. Dumeril 1806 pond turtle | |
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle | |
Trachyaspis sp. von Meyer 1843 sea turtle | |
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian |