Oensingen (Oligocene of Switzerland)

Where: Solothurn, Switzerland (47.3° N, 7.7° E: paleocoordinates 47.1° N, 4.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 26 (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: O. Maridet, M. Hugueney, and K. Heissig. 2010. New data about the diversity of Early Oligocene eomyids (Mammalia, Rodentia) in Western Europe. Geodiversitas 32(2):221-254 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183683: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 13.01.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eucricetodon huberi Schaub 1925 mouse
Eucricetodon huerzeleri n. sp. Vianey-Liaud 1972 mouse
UM 501 - type
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Eomys molassicus n. sp. rodent