Iberg, Linn-Zeihen, Aargau (Miocene to of Switzerland)

Where: Aargau, Switzerland (47.5° N, 8.1° E: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 6.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 5 to MN 5 (16.0 - 11.1 Ma)

• MN5-8?; Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);

Environment/lithology: coarse channel fill; coarse-grained sandstone and marl

• Coarse sanstone, laminated marl with lignite and organic detritus

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

• 1 mammal tooth

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 46279: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 10.01.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Zelkova sp. Spach 1841 zelkova
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm
 Rosales -
Gleditsia sp. Linnaeus 1753
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus balsamoides Göppert 1855 poplar
Populus mutabilis Heer 1856 poplar
Populus latior Braun 1835 poplar
Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753 willow
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglans acuminata Braun 1845 walnut
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Sapindus sp. Linnaeus 1753 soapnut
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus aceroides Göppert 1852 plane tree
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Daphnogene sp. Unger 1845 laurel
Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
? Salvinia sp. Adanson 1763 watermoss
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Megacricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964 mouse