Table 2 Framework and lithostratigraphic terminology with references for the Paleogene and Neogene of the Swiss Molasse Basin and Jura Mountains. a NW-Jura border and Jura Mountains with synclines of the Neuchâtel High-Range, northern Plateau. b NE-Jura border and Jura Mountains with the distal basins of Ajoie, Delémont and Laufen within the Upper Rhine Graben tectonic province. Inferred datings (mammals, charophytes and nannofossils) are indicated by brackets.

From: New data on the biostratigraphy (charophytes, nannofossils, mammals) and lithostratigraphy of the Late Eocene to Early Late Miocene deposits in the Swiss Molasse Basin and Jura Mountains