Where: Baselland, Switzerland (47.5° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 6.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 7 + 8 (12.8 - 11.1 Ma)
• Vindobonian, Sarmatian; MN 8
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: B. Engesser. 1972. Die obermiozäne Säugetierfauna von Anwil (Baselland); (The Upper Miocene mammalian fauna of Anwil, Baselland). Tätigkeitsberichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Baselland 28:35-364 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/J. Richter]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49421: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 15.04.2005, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
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Tadarida sp. Rafinesque 1814 free-tailed bat | |
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran | |
Herpestes filholi mongoose | |
Semigenetta mutata civet | |
Pseudarctos aff. bavaricus Schlosser 1899 bear-dog | |
Trochotherium sp. Fraas 1870 mustelid carnivore | |
Ursavus brevirhinus Hofmann 1887 bear | |
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse | |
Rhinoceros sp. Linnaeus 1758 one-horned rhinoceros | |
Taucanamo pygmaeum even-toed ungulate | |
Dorcatherium sp. Kaup 1839 chevrotain | |
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
Euprox furcatus Hensel 1859 deer | |
Micromeryx flourensianus Lartet 1851 musk deer | |
Eotragus sp. Pilgrim 1939 antelope | |
Palaeomeryx sp. von Meyer 1834 ruminant | |
Plesiodimylus chantrei Gaillard 1899 placental
Metacordylodon schlosseri Andreae 1904 placental | |
Plesiosorex schaffneri n. sp.
Plesiosorex schaffneri n. sp. Engesser 1972 placental | |
Soricidae indet., Dinosorex pachygnathus n. gen. n. sp.
Dinosorex pachygnathus n. gen. n. sp. Engesser 1972 shrew | |
Talpidae indet., "Talpa" minuta, Desmanella stehlini n. gen. n. sp., Proscapanus sansaniensis, Scaptonyx edwardsi
"Talpa" minuta Blainville 1840 mole
Desmanella stehlini n. gen. n. sp. Engesser 1972 mole
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole
Scaptonyx edwardsi Gaillard 1899 Long-tailed mole | |
Galerix socialis von Meyer 1865 hedgehog
Lanthanotherium sansaniense hedgehog | |
Sciuropterus sp., "Cryptopterus gaillardi" = Miopetaurista, Forsythia gaudryi, Blackia miocaenica, "Sciurus bredai" = Spermophilinus bredai
Sciuropterus sp. Cuvier 1825 squirrel
"Cryptopterus gaillardi" = Miopetaurista squirrel
Forsythia gaudryi squirrel
Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970 squirrel
"Sciurus bredai" = Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel | |
Anomalomys gaudryi Mein and Freudenthal 1971 rodent | |
Steneofiber minutus beaver | |
Keramidomys mohleri n. sp. Engesser 1972 rodent
Keramidomys anwilensis n. sp. Engesser 1972 rodent | |
"Cotimus cf. latior" = Leidymys, Democricetodon freisingensis1, Democricetodon brevis1, Eumyarion latior2, Cricetodon jumaensis4, "Cricetodon hagni" = Deperetomys hagni, "Deperetomys hagni" = Deperetomys hagni2, Megacricetodon aff. schaubi, Megacricetodon germanicus n. sp.3, Megacricetodon similis, Megacricetodon aff. minor2
"Cotimus cf. latior" = Leidymys mouse
"Cricetodon hagni" = Deperetomys hagni Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Megacricetodon similis Fahlbusch 1964 mouse | |
Neocometes brunonis mouse | |
Gliridae indet., Paraglirulus cf. lissiensis, Paraglirulus werenfelsi n. gen. n. sp., Microdyromys miocaenicus, Microdyromys cf. koenigswaldi, Pseudodryomys hamadryas, Muscardinus sp., Eomuscardinus aff. sansaniensis, Myoglis larteti, Glirudinus cf. gracilis
Paraglirulus cf. lissiensis dormouse
Paraglirulus werenfelsi n. gen. n. sp. Engesser 1972 dormouse
Microdyromys miocaenicus dormouse
Microdyromys cf. koenigswaldi de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Pseudodryomys hamadryas dormouse
Eomuscardinus aff. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 dormouse
Myoglis larteti Baudelot 1966 dormouse
Glirudinus cf. gracilis Dehm 1950 dormouse | |