Where: Zürich, Switzerland (47.3° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 7.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 6 (13.7 - 12.8 Ma)
• MN6?; Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);
•190m (profile meter) above the Hüllistein marker bed
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,
• 3 mammal teeth
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 46237: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 09.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Polypodiopsida | |
Cheilanthes sp. Swartz 1806 lip fern | |
Rubiacites | |
Angiospermae | |
Persea princeps laurel
Daphnogene ungeri laurel | |
Spiraea sp. n. gen.
Spiraea sp. n. gen. Linnaeus 1753 meadowsweet | |
Myrica lignitum Unger 1850 bayberry | |
Juglans cf. acuminata Braun 1845 walnut | |
Alnus rotundata alder | |
Populus balsamoides Göppert 1855 poplar
Salix varians Göppert 1852 willow | |
Mammalia | |
Democricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964 mouse | |
Plesiodimylus sp. Gaillard 1897 placental |