Dielsdorf fissure A: Late/Upper Eocene, Switzerland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Thaumastosaurus bottii
De Stefano 1903
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Reptilia
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Palaeopython cf. fischeri
Schaal 2004
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Georgalis and Scheyer 2019 | |||||||||
| recombined as Eoconstrictor fischeri | ||||||||||
| PIMUZ A/III 630 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Boidae
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Palaeopython helveticus n. sp.
Georgalis and Scheyer 2019
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Georgalis and Scheyer 2019 | |||||||||
| PIMUZ A/III 634 - type | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Miacidae
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Simamphicyon ? helveticus
Pictet and Humbert 1869
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Palaeotheriidae
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Lophiotherium cf. cervulum
Gervais 1849
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Mammalia
- Cebochoeridae
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Choeromorus cf. helveticus
Pictet and Humbert 1869
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| recombined as Cebochoerus helveticus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Anoplotheriidae
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Anoplotherium laurillardi
Pomel 1851
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Theridomyidae
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Suevosciurus cf. minimus
Major 1873
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Coordinates: | 47.5° North, 8.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.2° North, 4.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Eocene | Mammal zone: | MP16-20 |
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Baden and Wetting limestone quarry; Dielsdorf Spalte | ||
| Database number: | 195855 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-08-28 11:38:26 | Last modified: | 2018-08-28 11:38:26 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-08-28 11:38:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66667. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 69101 | G. L. Georgalis and T. M. Scheyer. 2019. A new species of Palaeopython (Serpentes) and other extinct squamates from the Eocene of Dielsdorf (Zurich, Switzerland). Swiss Journal of Geosciences [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |