Where: Niederoesterreich, Austria (48.1° N, 16.9° E: paleocoordinates 48.1° N, 16.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• Early Middle Pleistocene, earliest Arvicola cantianus fauna.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
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 50258: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 11.05.2005, edited by Mark Uhen and Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
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Mammalia | |
Myotis bechsteini, Myotis cf. mystacinus, Myotis exilis, Myotis emarginatus, Myotis blythi, Nyctalus noctula, Eptesicus serotinus, Plecotus abeli, Pipistrellus sp., Pipistrellus cf. savii, Barbastella schadleri, "Vespertilio cf. discolor" = Vespertilio murinus
Myotis cf. mystacinus Leisler 1819 vesper bat
Myotis exilis Heller 1936 vesper bat
Myotis emarginatus Geoffroy 1806 vesper bat
Nyctalus noctula Schreber 1774 vesper bat
Eptesicus serotinus house bat
Plecotus abeli vesper bat
Pipistrellus sp. Kaup 1829 pipistrelle bat
Pipistrellus cf. savii Bonaparte 1837 pipistrelle bat
Barbastella schadleri vesper bat
"Vespertilio cf. discolor" = Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus 1758 vesper bat | |
Rhinolophus cf. hipposideros Bechstein 1800 horseshoe bat | |
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821 elephant | |
Erinaceus cf. praeglacialis Brunner 1933 hedgehog | |
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914 mole
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758 European mole | |
Neomys anomalus, Sorex (Drepanosorex) austriacus, Sorex hundsheimensis, Sorex cf. helleri, Sorex cf. minutus
Neomys anomalus water shrew
Sorex (Drepanosorex) austriacus long-tailed shrew
Sorex hundsheimensis long-tailed shrew
Sorex cf. helleri long-tailed shrew
Sorex cf. minutus Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew | |
Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis Toula 1902 rhinoceros | |
Equus mosbachensis horse | |
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
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Bison schoetensacki bison | |
Meles sp., "Putorius putorius" = Mustela putorius, Mustela cf. nivalis, "Nesolutra sp." = Lutra, Lutra simplicidens n. sp.2
Meles sp. Brisson 1762 badger
"Putorius putorius" = Mustela putorius Linnaeus 1758 European polecat
Mustela cf. nivalis Linnaeus 1766 least weasel
"Nesolutra sp." = Lutra Brisson 1762 otter | |
Ursus deningeri Reichenau 1904 bear | |
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat | |
Crocuta sp., "Hyaena striata" = Hyaena hyaena hyaena
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
"Hyaena striata" = Hyaena hyaena hyaena Linnaeus 1758 striped hyaena | |
Vulpes angustidens Thenius 1954 fox
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
Cuon priscus n. sp. Thenius 1954 dhole | |
Sicista sp. Gray 1827 birch mouse | |
Cricetus bursae, Pliomys cf. hollitzeri, Arvicola cantianus, Microtus arvalinus, Microtus (Stenocranius) gregaloides, "Clethrionomys acrorhiza" = Myodes
Cricetus bursae mouse
Pliomys cf. hollitzeri mouse
Arvicola cantianus vole
Microtus arvalinus vole
"Clethrionomys acrorhiza" = Myodes vole | |
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel | |
"Glis sp." = Myoxus (Glis), Muscardinus sp.
"Glis sp." = Myoxus (Glis) Brisson 1762 dormouse
Muscardinus sp. Kaup 1829 dormouse | |
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare |