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Balm, Solothurn, Switzerland

Lat/Long (Decimal)	47.2528,7.55806
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on nearby landmark
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Solothurn, Switzerland

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Balm	Kälin D. (2013)			not reported	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Microchiroptera suborder	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Microchiroptera	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene
Amphiperatherium ambiguum species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae : Amphiperatherium : *Amphiperatherium ambiguum*	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene
Amphiperatherium minutum species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae : Amphiperatherium : *Amphiperatherium minutum*	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene
Nyctitheriidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Nyctitheriidae	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene
Cricetodon sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : *Cricetodon*	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene
Eucricetodon huberi species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Eucricetodon : *Eucricetodon huberi*	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene
Eucricetodon huerzeleri species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Eucricetodon : *Eucricetodon huerzeleri*	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene
Paracricetodon sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : *Paracricetodon*	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene
Pseudocricetodon montalbanensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Pseudocricetodon : *Pseudocricetodon montalbanensis*	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene
Gliravus majori species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Gliridae : Gliravus : *Gliravus majori*	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene
Taeniodus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Theridomyidae : *Taeniodus*	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene
Blainvillimys gregarius species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Theridomyidae : Blainvillimys : *Blainvillimys gregarius*	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene
Issiodoromys balmensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Theridomyidae : Issiodoromys : *Issiodoromys balmensis*	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene
Issiodoromys medius species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Theridomyidae : Issiodoromys : *Issiodoromys medius*	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene
Pseudoltinomys gaillardi species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Theridomyidae : Pseudoltinomys : *Pseudoltinomys gaillardi*	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene
Theridomys sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Theridomyidae : *Theridomys*	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene
Theridomys varians species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Theridomyidae : Theridomys : *Theridomys varians*	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene
Toeniodus ernii species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Theridomyidae : Toeniodus : *Toeniodus ernii*	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene

References

Vianey-Liaud M. (1969) Rongeurs de l'Oligocène moyen provenant de nouvelles fouilles dans les phosphorites du Quercy, Palaeovertebrata 2, 209-239

Vianey-Liaud M. (1972) Contribution à l'étude des Cricétidés oligocènes d'Europe occidentale, Palaeovertebrata 5, 1-44

Reumer J. W. F. (1994) The insectivorous mammals (Marsupialia: Didelphidae; Insectivora: Nyctitheriidae; Chiroptera) from the early Oligocene of Balm, Switzerland, Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 87 3, 1029-1035

Vianey-Liaud M., Schmid B. (2009) Diversité, datation et paléoenvironnement de la faune de mammifères oligocène de Cavalé (Quercy, SO France) : contribution de l’analyse morphométrique des Theridomyinae (Mammalia, Rodentia), Geodiversitas 31 4, 909-941

Kälin D. (2013) A new Oligocene (MP 24) mammal fauna (Dürrenberg, Canton Jura, NW Switzerland) from the eastern slope of the ‘‘Rauracian depression’’, Swiss Journal of Geosciences 106, 207-218

Peigné S., Vianey-Liaud M., et al (2014) Valbro : un nouveau site à vertébrés de l’Oligocène inférieur (MP22) de France (Quercy). I – Contexte géologique ; Mammalia : Rodentia, Hyaenodontida, Carnivora [Valbro: A new site of vertebrates from the early Oligocene (MP22) of France (Quercy). I – Geological context; Mammalia: Rodentia, Hyaenodontida, Carnivora], Annales de Paléontologie 100 1, 1-45 doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2013.11.002

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