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;
•650m 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 46328: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 11.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Ulmus longifolia elm | |
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak | |
Daphnogene lanceolata laurel
Cinnamomum polymorphum cinnamon |