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Table 2 Estimated body weights of the herbivore terrestrial mammals sensu lato from Rickenbach (type locality MP29, Switzerland) and La Milloque (MP29+, France)

From: Large mammals from Rickenbach (Switzerland, reference locality MP29, Late Oligocene): biostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental implications

Fauna from Rickenbach

Body weight estimate (g)

Fauna from La Milloque

Body weight estimate (g)

Ronzotherium romani

1,790,000

Anthracotherium magnum

1,400,000

Anthracotherium magnum

1,420,000

Diaceratherium lamilloquense

1,040,000

Diaceratherium lamilloquense

1,040,000

Doliochoerus quercyi

48,000

Protapirus sp.

43,000

Protapirus aginensis

43,000

Microbunodon minimum

40,000

Microbunodon minimum

40,000

Palaeochoerus pusillus

22,000

Bedenomeryx milloquensis

32,000

Dremotherium guthi

20,000

Palaeochoerus gergovianus

31,000

Babameryx engesseri gen. et sp. nov.

16,000

Dremotherium guthi

18,000

“Amphitragulus” feningrei

13,000

“Amphitragulus” quercyi

8,000

“Amphitragulus” quercyi

8,000

Amphilagus sp.

2,700

Steneofiber dehmi

7,500

Piezodus sp.

1,800

Cainotherium sp. 2

2,500

Cainotherium commune

1,300

Archaeomys helveticus

1,000

Archaeomys laurillardi

1,050

Cainotherium sp. 1

700

Melissiodon quercyi

100

Archaeomys arvenensis

500

Issiodoromys pseudanoema

90

Amphechinus sp.

450

Lipotyphla sp.

70

Rhizospalax poirrieri

180

Marsupialia sp.

50

Melissiodon cf. quercyi

140

Plesiosminthus schaubi

40

Issiodoromys pseudanoema

125

Eucricetodon praecursor

30

Sciurus sp.

35

Lipotyphla sp.

22

Eucricetodon cf. dubius

30

Pseudodryomys sp.

21

Eucricetodon praecursor

25

Adelomyarion vireti

17

Amphiperatherium exile

21

Marsupialia sp.

16

Talpid indet.

20

Eomys sp.

15

Eomys cf. ebnatensis

20

Glirudinus glirulus

13

Eomys huerzeleri

20

Pseudocricetodon cf. thaleri

10

Adelomyarion vireti

18

Rhodanomys sp.

7

Dinosorex huerzeleri

15

Peridyromys murinus

7

Plesiosminthus promyarion

11

Pseudotherydomys sp.

6

Gliravus sp.

10

  

Microdyromys cf. praemurinus

5

  
  1. The faunal lists have been modified from Brunet et al. (1981) and Engesser and Mödden (1997)