Hohrain-Wäldi, Helsighausen, Thurgau (Miocene to of Switzerland)

Where: Thurgau, Switzerland (47.6° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 47.3° N, 8.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 6 to MN 6 (13.7 - 11.1 Ma)

• MN6-7 (?8); Obere Süßwassermolasse (upper Freshwater Molasse);

Environment/lithology: coarse channel fill; coarse-grained, pebbly sandstone and lignite

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,

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 46278: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 10.01.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Conohyus simorrensis Lartet 1851 pig
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cyrenidae
Cyrenidae indet. Gray 1840 clam