Würenlos (Miocene of Switzerland)

Also known as Wurenlos

Where: Aargau, Switzerland (47.5° N, 8.4° E: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 6.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MN 3 mammal zone, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: G. Pilleri. 1986. The Denticeti of the western Paratethys (Upper Marine Molasse of Switzerland). Investigations on Cetacea 18:11-78 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46524: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.01.2005, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sirenia - Sirenia
Sirenia indet.1 sirenian
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapiridae indet.2 Gray 1821 tapir
PIMUZ A/V0075
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
"? Scaldicetus leccense" = Physodon leccense
"? Scaldicetus leccense" = Physodon leccense Gervais 1872 sperm whale
 Cetacea -
Miokogia elongatus Pilleri 1986 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Acrodelphinidae
"? Acrodelphidae indet." = Acrodelphinidae
"? Acrodelphidae indet." = Acrodelphinidae Abel 1905 toothed whale