Where: Zürich, Switzerland (47.3° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 7.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)
• MN5"b"; 16.3 M Years; Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse); in the Hüllistein marker bed.
•After Bollinger 1992: MN5. After Bollinger 1994: MN5"b" (=middle MN5).
•JA: "Hüllistein" entered as regional bed
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone and carbonaceous marl
•in the Hüllistein marker bed
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,
• 200 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 46225: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 09.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse | |
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer | |
Dorcatherium sp. Kaup 1839 chevrotain | |
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew | |
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848 hedgehog | |
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika
Lagopsis verus Hensel 1856 pika | |
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Keramidomys carpathicus Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent | |
Steneofiber jaegeri beaver
Anchitheriomys wiedemanni beaver | |
Miodyromys cf. aegercii Baudelot 1972 dormouse | |
Neocometes similis Fahlbusch 1966 mouse | |
Eumyarion bifidus, Megacricetodon germanicus, Democricetodon mutilus, "Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis
Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis Fahlbusch 1964 mouse | |
Angiospermae | |
Juglans cf. acuminata Braun 1845 walnut | |
Zelkova ungeri Kovats 1865 zelkova | |
Salix lavateri Heer 1856 willow | |
? Caprifoliaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 honeysuckle | |
Cercidiphyllum crenatum Brown 1935 katsura | |
Persea princeps laurel
Cinnamomum polymorphum cinnamon | |
Chamaerops helvetica fan palm | |
Typha latissima bulrush | |
Phragmites sp. Adanson 1763 common reed | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Diospyros brachysepala Braun 1845 | |
Polypodiopsida | |