Late Aquitanian mammals from Engehalde (Molasse Basin, Canton Bern, Switzerland)

Becker, Damien; Antoine, Pierre‐Olivier; Engesser, B.; Hiard, Florent; Hostettler, Bernhard; Menkveld-Gfeller, Ursula; Mennecart, Bastien; Scherler, Laureline; Berger, Jean-Pierre

doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2011.03.001

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“…D4 is similar to that of the specimen NMBE-5014465 from Engehalde, identified as A. cf. laugnacensis by Becker et al (2010). However, even if the material from Wallenried is a little larger than the hypodigm material of Andegameryx species, it should not belong to Friburgomeryx, due to a missing enlarged lingual cingulum, as is present in upper molars of Friburgomeryx.…”

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“…In light of this new identification, the specimens attributed to A. cf. laugnacensis in Engehalde (Becker et al 2010) should also be considered as A. andegaviensis.…”

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“…A fragmentary lower molar was referred to as from Andegameryx cf. laugnacensis, which is a relatively common species in Western Europe (Gentry et al 1999;Ginsburg 1999;Becker et al 2010). Most of the other ruminant remains have been attributed by Becker et al (2001) to a new genus and species, Friburgomeryx wallenriedensis.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Several meters above the outcrop, typical Upper Marine Molasse (OMM) sandstones are observed. During the Agenian (Aquitanian-Burdigalian, Early Miocene), the sedimentation of the ''Plateau Molasse'' was controlled by Alpine alluvial fans, the north-eastward directed drainage system of the ''Genferseeschüttung'', and the diachronous eastward transgression of the Upper Marine Molasse Sea occurring in the late Aquitanian and early Burdigalian (Berger et al 2005b;Berger 2011;Becker et al 2010). The sedimentology and fossil assemblage of Wallenried was studied in detail by Becker (1996).…”

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A new Late Agenian (MN2a, Early Miocene) fossil assemblage from Wallenried (Molasse Basin, Canton Fribourg, Switzerland)

Mennecart

Yerly²,

Mojon

et al. 2015

Paläontol Z

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Excavations of two fossiliferous layers in the Wallenried sand- and marl pit produced a very diversified vertebrate fauna. New material allows the reassessment of the taxonomic position of the ruminant taxa Andegameryxandegaviensis and endemic Friburgomeryx wallenriedensis. An emended diagnosis for the second species is provided and additional material of large and small mammals, as well as ectothermic vertebrates, is described. The recorded Lagomorpha show interesting morphological deviations from other Central European material, and probably represent a unique transitional assemblage with a co-occurrence of Titanomys, Lagopsis and Prolagus. Rodentia and Eulipotyphla belong to typical and well-known species of the Agenian of the Swiss Molasse Basin. Abundant small mammal teeth have allowed us to pinpoint the biostratigraphic age of Wallenried to late MN2a. The biostratigraphic age conforms to data derived from the charophyte assemblages and confirms the oldest occurrence of venomous snake fangs. The palaeoenvironmental context is quite complex. Sedimentary structures and fauna (fishes, frogs, salamanders, ostracods) are characteristic for a humid, lacustrine environment within a flood plain system

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“…In light of this new identification, the specimens attributed to A. cf. laugnacensis in Engehalde (Becker et al 2010) should also be considered as A. andegaviensis.…”

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A new Late Agenian (MN2a, Early Miocene) fossil assemblage from Wallenried (Molasse Basin, Canton Fribourg, Switzerland)

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Yerly²,

Mojon

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“…Additionally, it is most probable that D. guthi had a different ecology from D. feignouxi, a later species of the same genus. Indeed, D. feignouxi shows a characteristic morphology of type B, and probably lived in a more open area (Becker et al 2010). Furthermore, D. guthi was a mixed feeder (Novello et al 2011), whereas D. feignouxi, with its elongated cervical vertebrae, was a leafeater (Viret 1929;Janis and Scott 1987).…”

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confidence: 99%