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
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 | |
Zelkova sp. Spach 1841 zelkova
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm | |
Gleditsia sp. Linnaeus 1753 | |
Populus balsamoides Göppert 1855 poplar
Populus mutabilis Heer 1856 poplar
Populus latior Braun 1835 poplar
Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753 willow | |
Juglans acuminata Braun 1845 walnut | |
Sapindus sp. Linnaeus 1753 soapnut | |
Platanus aceroides Göppert 1852 plane tree | |
Liquidambar europaea sweetgum | |
Daphnogene sp. Unger 1845 laurel
Cinnamomum polymorphum cinnamon | |
Polypodiopsida | |
? Salvinia sp. Adanson 1763 watermoss | |
Mammalia | |
Megacricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964 mouse |