Chlihörnli 930m, Sternenberg, Zürich (plant collection) (Miocene of Switzerland)

Where: Zürich, Switzerland (47.4° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 7.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• upper Freshwater Molasse;

•580m above the Hüllistein-marker bed

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: T.h. Bollinger. 1992. Kleinsäugerstratigraphie in der miozänen Hörnlischüttung (Ostschweiz); (Biostratigraphy of small mammals in the Hörnlischüttung of Miocene age (East Switzerland)). Documenta naturae 75:1-296 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46327: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 11.01.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Viscum sp.
(Phoradendron)
Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus aceroides Göppert 1852 plane tree
 Liliales - Smilacaceae
 Poales - Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753 magnolia
 Fabales - Fabaceae
"Leguminosae indet." = Fabaceae
"Leguminosae indet." = Fabaceae Lindley 1836 legume
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglans acuminata Braun 1845 walnut
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Zelkova sp. Spach 1841 zelkova
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus balsamoides Göppert 1855 poplar
Populus latior Braun 1835 poplar
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
? Aesculus sp. Linnaeus 1753 soapberry
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Polypodiopsida
 Marattiales - Marattiidae