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

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodontidae indet. Brandt 1873 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeteridae indet. Gray 1821 sperm whale
 Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
"Eurhinodelphidae indet." = Eurhinodelphinidae
"Eurhinodelphidae indet." = Eurhinodelphinidae Abel 1901 toothed whale
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849 deer
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emys sp. Dumeril 1806 pond turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Trachyaspis sp. von Meyer 1843 sea turtle
 Loricata -
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian