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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat | |
Conohyus simorrensis Lartet 1851 pig | |
Bivalvia | |
Cyrenidae indet. Gray 1840 clam |