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New biostratigraphical data for the Burdigalian Montchaibeux Member at the locality Courrendlin-Solé (Canton of Jura, Switzerland)

Prieto, Jérôme ; Becker, Damien ; Rauber, Gaëtan ; Pirkenseer, Claudius M.

In: Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 2018, vol. 111, no. 1–2, p. 1–11

Geological surveys were carried out in the Miocene deposits at the place known as “En Solé” east of the village Courrendlin (Delémont Basin, Canton of Jura, Switzerland). This resulted in the discovery of new Miocene small mammal assemblages. The association of the rodents Megacricetodon aff. collongensis and Melissiodon sp. allows to biochronostratigraphically correlate for the first...

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Sédimentologie et paléontologie des paléoenvironnements côtiers rupéliens de la Molasse marine rhénane dans le Jura suisse

Picot, Laurent ; Becker, Damien ; Cavin, Lionel ; Pirkenseer, Claudius ; Lapaire, Frédéric ; Rauber, Gaëtan ; Hochuli, Peter A. ; Spezzaferri, Silvia ; Berger, Jean-Pierre

In: Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 2008, vol. 101, no. 2, p. 483-513

Aim. To analyse the marine influences of the Rhenish sea in the distal part of the Swiss Molasse Basin (Jura Molasse) during the Early Oligocene, in order to reconstruct the palaeoenvironmental and the palaeogeographical evolution.Location and geological setting. In the Jura Molasse, the Rhenish sea deposits are mainly preserved in three sedimentary basins: Laufen, Delémont and Ajoie. They...

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Paléoécologie et paléoclimats de la molasse du Jura (oligo-miocène) : apport des Rhinocerotoidea (Mammalia) et des minéraux argileux

Becker, Damien ; Berger, Jean-Pierre (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Université de Fribourg, 2003 ; no 1416.

The Jura Molasse, in which most remains of the studied Rhinocerotoidea remains were found, constitutes a well preserved distal part of the Molasse Basin. This sedimentary series covered a major part of the Jura chain during the Oligocene and Miocene. Today, it is only sporadically found trapped in valleys or preserved in karst fillings. During the Oligo-Miocene period, the Jura region was...