Höhronen (Greit) (Miocene of Switzerland)

Also known as Hohronen

Where: Switzerland (47.2° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 6.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MN 1 (23.0 - 22.4 Ma)

• Molasse Grise from the USM (Untere SüsswasserMolasse)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. Scherler, D. Becker, and J.-P. Berger. 2011. Tapiridae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) of the Swiss Molasse Basin during the Oligocene–Miocene transition. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(2):479-496 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184457: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 01.03.2017

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diaceratherium sp. Dietrich 1931 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Paratapirus intermedius Filhol 1885 tapir
PIMUZ A/V0061, 63, 65, A/V64 and 148
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig