Kleinblauen (Oligocene of Switzerland)

Where: Canton Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland (47.4° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 4.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 22 mammal zone, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• "Regarding Kleinblauen, its stratigraphical position can be strengthened, as the local faunal record occurs at the end of the regressive phase of the second Rhenish marine incursion, corresponding to top MP22. This supports the biostratigraphical range proposed for both occurrences of E. magnum and E. aff. magnum" (from Becker, 2009)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Becker. 2009. Earliest record of rhinocerotoids (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) from Switzerland: systematics and biostratigraphy. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 102:489-504 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182622: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 13.11.2016, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
Eusmilus villebramarensis2 Peigné and Brunet 2001 false sabre-tooth
MHNG-V 2953
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Plagiolophus ministri Brunet and Jehenne 1989 odd-toed ungulate
m2 sin. (KB20)
 Perissodactyla - Eggysodontidae
Eggysodon osborni Schlosser 1902 odd-toed ungulate
toothrow with broken P4–M3 dext. (KB14); broken M1 sin. (KB62; Fig. 4 m); M2 sin. (KB64a; Fig. 4n); M2 dext. (KB144; Fig. 4o); mandible c dext. and c–(d1)–p2–m3 sin. (KB28); part of juvenile mandible with d4–m2 sin. (KB29; Fig. 4p1–p3); p4 dext. (KB11); p4 sin. (KB12); p4 sin. (KB29)
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Molassitherium delemontense1 Becker et al. 2013 rhinoceros
toothrow with P3–M1 sin. (KB7/1–7/3)
Epiaceratherium magnum Uhlig 1999 rhinoceros
M1 dext. (KB84; Fig. 4c); M2 dext. (KB83; Fig. 4d); M3 dext. (KB210; Fig. 4e); p4 sin. (KB61)
Ronzotherium filholi Osborn 1900 rhinoceros
P3 dext. (KB1; Fig. 4h); P3 dext. (KB5); P4 dext. (KB2); P4 sin. (KB6); P4 sin. (KB63a; Fig. 4i); toothrow with M1–M3 sin. (KB25); toothrow with M2– M3 dext. (KB27); M1 sin. (KB144a; Fig. 4j); M1 dext. (KB3; Fig. 4k); M3 sin. (KB8; Fig. 4 l); m3 sin (KB13)