Rufi bei Schanis: MP 29, Switzerland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Protapirus bavaricus
Oettingen-Spielberg 1952
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| PIMUZ A/V79 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Ronzotherium romani
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Geography
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Coordinates: | 47.2° North, 9.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.4° North, 8.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | MP 29 | Mammal zone: | |
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wintersberg Schichten | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Wintersberg Schichten from the USM (Lower Freshwater Molasse) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Rüfi bei Schänis | ||
| Database number: | 184451 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-03-01 05:04:03 | Last modified: | 2017-03-01 06:23:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-03-01 05:04:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 61798. | 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] |