Vertebrate microfossils from the Upper Freshwater Molasse in the Swiss Molasse Basin: Implications for the evolution of the North Alpine Foreland Basin during the Miocene Climate Optimum

• Published in: Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology Vol. 426; pp. 22 - 33
• Main Authors: Jost, Jürg, Kälin, Daniel, Börner, Saskia, Vasilyan, Davit, Lawver, Daniel, Reichenbacher, Bettina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.05.2015
• Subjects: atmospheric precipitation; basins; Central European region; Channidae; climate; climate change; Cyprinidae; Cyprinodontiformes; egg shell; euryhaline species; evaporation; fauna; Freshwater; freshwater fish; Germany; Gobiiformes; hinterland; humidity; microfossils; Miocene Climate Optimum; Otoliths; paleoclimatology; Reptiles; rivers; sediments; Small mammals; Switzerland; teeth; temperature; Turtle eggshells; turtles; Europe, North Alpine Foreland Basin; Switzerland; Germany; Central European region; Reptiles; Otoliths; Small mammals; Turtle eggshells; Miocene Climate Optimum

The older part of the Upper Freshwater Molasse (OSM) in the Swiss and South German Molasse Basin records the extended warm period known as the Miocene Climate Optimum. However, dating and global correlation of fossils and palaeoclimatic data from OSM sediments remains challenging, because sections a...