Also known as Baden and Wetting limestone quarry; Dielsdorf Spalte
Where: Switzerland (47.5° N, 8.5° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 4.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MP16-20 mammal zone, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: D. Vasilyan. 2018. Eocene Western European endemic genus Thaumastosaurus: new insights into the question "Are the Ranidae known prior to the Oligocene?''. PeerJ 6:e5511:1-24 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 195855: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 28.08.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
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Reptilia | |
"Palaeopython cf. fischeri" = Eoconstrictor fischeri
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Palaeopython helveticus n. sp.
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Mammalia | |
Simamphicyon ? helveticus Pictet and Humbert 1869 carnivoran | |
Lophiotherium cf. cervulum Gervais 1849 odd-toed ungulate | |
"Choeromorus cf. helveticus" = Cebochoerus helveticus
"Choeromorus cf. helveticus" = Cebochoerus helveticus Pictet and Humbert 1869 even-toed ungulate | |
Anoplotherium laurillardi Pomel 1851 even-toed ungulate | |
Suevosciurus cf. minimus Major 1873 rodent |