Where: Zürich, Switzerland (47.4° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 7.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• upper Freshwater Molasse;
•580m above the Hüllistein-marker bed
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: T.h. Bollinger. 1992. Kleinsäugerstratigraphie in der miozänen Hörnlischüttung (Ostschweiz); (Biostratigraphy of small mammals in the Hörnlischüttung of Miocene age (East Switzerland)). Documenta naturae 75:1-296 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 46327: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 11.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress | |
Angiospermae | |
? Aesculus sp. Linnaeus 1753 soapberry | |
Juglans acuminata Braun 1845 walnut | |
"Leguminosae indet." = Fabaceae
"Leguminosae indet." = Fabaceae Lindley 1836 legume | |
Zelkova sp. Spach 1841 zelkova | |
Populus balsamoides Göppert 1855 poplar
Populus latior Braun 1835 poplar | |
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753 magnolia | |
Smilax sagittifera greenbrier | |
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass | |
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge | |
Liquidambar europaea sweetgum | |
Platanus aceroides Göppert 1852 plane tree | |
Polypodiopsida | |