Lattenbach, Eschenbach, Sankt Gallen (plant collection) (Miocene of Switzerland)

Where: Sankt Gallen, Switzerland (47.2° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 7.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• 280m below 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 46323: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 11.01.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer trilobatum Sternberg 1825 maple
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica banksiaefolia Unger 1845 bayberry
Myrica salicina Unger 1850 bayberry
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
? Rhamnus sp. Linnaeus 1753 buckthorn
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix lavateri Heer 1856 willow
Populus balsamoides Göppert 1855 poplar
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge
 Poales - Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Cheilanthes sp. Swartz 1806 lip fern
(Aspidium)