Where: Canton Solothurn, Switzerland (47.3° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 5.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: MP 29 other zone, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• "Since their publication in the ‘‘International Symposium on Mammalian Biostratigraphy and Palaeoecology’’ (Engesser and Mayo 1987), Rickenbach is definitively recognised as the European mammalian reference locality for level MP29 (...) Detailed correlations between Swiss mammal levels and magnetostratigraphy were additionally published by Schlunegger et al. (1996), who clearly correlated the Rickenbach level (=MP29) within the chron 6 Cr, which actually corresponds to the interval 23.4–23.9 Ma (Fig. 1; Berger 2011)" (from Mennecart et al. 2012)
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•de Bonis and Mennecart 2017: The age of the Rickenbach deposits, 23.9–23.4 Ma (berger 2011), corresponds to a major faunal remodeling known as the “Microbunodon Event” (scHerler et al. 2013, Mennecart 2015).
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: B. Mennecart, L. Scherler, F. Hiard, D. Becker, and J.P. Berger. 2012. Large mammals from Rickenbach (Switzerland, reference locality MP29, Late Oligocene): biostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental implications. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 131:161-181 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 182805: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 25.11.2016, edited by Grace Varnham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Pisces | |
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish | |
Reptilia | |
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. bird | |
Mammalia | |
Amphiperatherium exile Gervais 1848 marsupial | |
Steneofiber dehmi beaver | |
Eomys cf. ebnatensis rodent
Eomys huerzeleri Engesser 1982 rodent | |
Issiodoromys pseudanoema rodent
Archaeomys helveticus rodent
Archaeomys arvernensis rodent
? Archaeomys laurillardi rodent | |
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel | |
Plesiosminthus promyarion n. sp.
Plesiosminthus promyarion n. sp. Schaub 1930 jumping mouse | |
"Eucricetodon cf. dubius" = Eucricetodon dubius, "Cricetodon praecursor n. sp." = Eucricetodon dubius, Rhizospalax poirrieri, Adelomyarion vireti, Melissiodon cf. quercyi
"Eucricetodon cf. dubius" = Eucricetodon dubius Schaub 1925 mouse
"Cricetodon praecursor n. sp." = Eucricetodon dubius Schaub 1925 mouse
Rhizospalax poirrieri mouse
Adelomyarion vireti Hugueney 1969 mouse
Melissiodon cf. quercyi Schaub 1920 mouse | |
Microdyromys cf. praemurinus Freudenberg 1941 dormouse
Gliravus buijni dormouse | |
Hyaenodon aff. compressus creodont
Hyaenodon filholi Schlosser 1877 creodont | |
Stenogale sp. Schlosser 1888 carnivoran | |
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821 civet | |
Cephalogale "sp. 1" Jourdan 1862 bear
Cephalogale "sp. 2" Jourdan 1862 bear | |
Plesictis sp. Pomel 1846 mustelid carnivore | |
Haplocyon sp. Schlosser 1901 bear-dog
Amphicyon sp. Lartet 1836 bear-dog | |
Palaeochoerus pusillus even-toed ungulate | |
"Caenotherium "sp. 1"" = Cainotherium, "Caenotherium "sp. 2"" = Cainotherium
"Caenotherium "sp. 1"" = Cainotherium Bravard 1828 even-toed ungulate
"Caenotherium "sp. 2"" = Cainotherium Bravard 1828 even-toed ungulate | |
Microbunodon minimum Lihoreau et al. 2004 anthracothere
Anthracotherium magnum Cuvier 1822 anthracothere | |
Dremotherium guthi, Babameryx engesseri n. gen. n. sp.
Dremotherium guthi Jehenne 1987 ruminant
Babameryx engesseri n. gen. n. sp. Mennecart et al. 2012 ruminant | |
"Amphitragulus" feningrei ruminant
"Amphitragulus" quercyi Filhol 1887 ruminant | |
Protapirus sp. Filhol 1877 tapir | |
Ronzotherium romani rhinoceros
Diaceratherium lamilloquense Michel 1983 rhinoceros | |
Dinosorex huerzeleri Engesser 1975 shrew | |
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole | |
Amphechinus sp. Aymard 1850 hedgehog | |
Bivalvia | |
Unio (Iridea) subflabellatus freshwater mussel
Unio vogti freshwater mussel
Unio inaeguiradiatus freshwater mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Neritina sp. Lamarck 1816 snail | |
Melanopsis acuminata snail | |
Limnaea (Radix) subbullata Sandberger 1875 snail | |
"Planorbis (Coretus) cornu" = Planorbarius cornu
"Planorbis (Coretus) cornu" = Planorbarius cornu Brongniart 1810 snail | |
Cepaea rugulosa slug | |
Limnaea | |