Heppenloch bei Urach (Pleistocene of Germany)

Where: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (48.5° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 48.5° N, 9.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Middle Middle Pleistocene, similar age to Karlich H (= Holsteinian, 0.3Ma).

Environment/lithology: cave

• cave filling.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Interglacial fauna.

Primary reference: W. von Koenigswald and W.-D. Heinrich. 1999. Mittelpleistozane Saugetierfaunen aus Mitteleuropa - der Versuch einer biostratigraphischen Zuordnung. Kaupia 9:53-112 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50259: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 11.05.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis sp.
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas sp.
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus spelaeus, Ursus arctos
Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller 1794 cave bear
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758 brown bear
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Martes sp., Meles meles
Martes sp. Frisch 1775 marten
Meles meles Linnaeus 1758 European badger
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus, Vulpes vulpes, Cuon alpinus
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
Cuon alpinus Pallas 1811 dhole
Cuon alpinus fossilis
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera leo, Felis silvestris
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion
Felis silvestris Schreber 1777 wildcat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus steinheimensis
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus hemitoechus
Stephanorhinus hemitoechus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus scrofa
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus elaphus, Dama sp., Capreolus capreolus
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
Dama sp. Frisch 1775 fallow deer
Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer
Capreolus capreolus priscus
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison cf. schoetensacki, Bison priscus
Bison priscus Bojanus 1827 bison
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
? Talpa minor, Talpa europaea
? Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914 mole
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758 European mole
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Crocidura sp., Sorex cf. aranoides
Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832 white-toothed shrew
Sorex cf. aranoides long-tailed shrew
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetus cricetus, "Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes, Microtus (Terricola) arvaloides, Microtus arvalinus, Microtus ratticepoides, Microtus (Stenocranius) gregaloides, Arvicola cantianus
Cricetus cricetus Linnaeus 1758 European hamster
"Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes Pallas 1811 vole
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sp.
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Macaca sylvanus
Macaca sylvanus Linnaeus 1758 Barbary macaque
Macaca sylvanus (= suevica)