Neuguet, Wald, Rüti, Zürich (Miocene of Switzerland)

Where: Zürich, Switzerland (47.3° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 7.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• upper Freshwater Molasse;

•25m 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 46324: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 11.01.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Angiospermae
 Poales - Typhaceae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Cinnamomum sp. Schaeffer 1760 cinnamon
 Cornales - Cornaceae
Cornus sp. Linnaeus 1753 dogwood
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
Fraxinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 ash
 Rosales -
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Zelkova ungeri Kovats 1865 zelkova
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Berchemia multinervis Heer 1868 buckthorn
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglans sp. Linnaeus 1753 walnut
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus balsamoides Göppert 1855 poplar
Salix angusta Braun 1851 willow
Hexactinellida
 Lychniscosa - Camerospongiidae
Robinia regeli glass sponge