Chlihörnli 1000m, 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;

•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
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
 Laurales - Lauraceae