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)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxytherium serresii Gervais 1847 dugong