Molasse Group

Geology

Formations: Brackwater Molasse (4), Lower Freshwater Molasse (6), Upper Freshwater Molasse (7)

Lithologies: not reported (6), claystone (2), mudstone (7), "shale" (3), siltstone (5), sandstone (30), gravel (2), breccia (1), marl (27), "limestone" (27), lignite (1)

Paleoenvironments: marine indet. (3), terrestrial indet. (9), estuary/bay (2), paralic indet. (2), delta front (8), fluvial indet. (2), coarse channel fill (2), fine channel fill (7), "channel" (1), "floodplain" (1), levee (1), fluvial-lacustrine indet. (10), lacustrine - large (1), lacustrine - small (2), crater lake (23), lacustrine indet. (13)

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 56.00000 to 11.10000 Ma
Collections

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03France (Occitanie) (195457)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04India (Jammu and Kashmir) (180532 180533 180534 180535)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04Switzerland (184043)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Baden-Württemberg) (66109 66111)
MP 30 - MN 127.3 - 22.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) (66110)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Germany (Baden-Württemberg) (52566)
Agenian23.04 - 20.0Switzerland (Fribourg) (203089 203090 203091 203092 203093 203094)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Switzerland (Aargau) (201974)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Switzerland (Bremgarten) (198893)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) (66139 66143)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Provence) (84262)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Württemberg) (49102 69098 70321 70359)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Switzerland (72322 72420 72421 72423 126562 221298 221299 221300)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (52061)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Bavaria) (205184)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) (106003)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) (106002)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Switzerland (Zurich) (225171)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) (34615 134954 135038)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) (48325)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (231109 231110 231111 231112 231113 231114 231115 231116 231117)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) (49418 174097 174100 205187)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) (175727)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Germany (Bavaria) (174098)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63France (Gers) (124693)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Switzerland (Aargau) (201975 201976)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Germany (Bavaria) (73996)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) (113689 113695 113711 113830 114008 115304 115305 117248 117252 117260 117338 117339 122210 122211 122865 122866 122867 122868 122869 122870 122872 144245 151877 162208)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) (34534)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) (34256)