Kuttingen (Oligocene of Switzerland)

Also known as Küttingen; Kuttigen; Solothurn

Where: Switzerland (47.2° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 47.0° N, 4.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: N. Schmidt-Kittler and M. Vianey-Liaud. 1979. Evolution des Aplodontidae Oligocènes Européens. Palaeovertebrata 9(2):33-82 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184093: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 31.01.2017

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Plesispermophilus argoviensis Stehlin and Schaub 1951 mountain beaver