Benken (Miocene of Switzerland)
Where: Switzerland (47.7° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 7.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• upper Burdigalian = Carpathian (lower Miocene)
Environment/lithology: marine
Primary reference: G. Pilleri. 1987. The Sirenia of the Swiss Molasse 1-114 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 65082: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Mammalia | |
Metaxytherium serresii Gervais 1847 dugong |