Oosterschelde, Pleistocene: Early Pleistocene, Netherlands

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Trichiurides delheidi Leriche 1908
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Gadidae
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenser sturio
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Phasianidae indet. Horsfield 1821
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emys sp. Dumeril 1806
Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Ontocetus emmonsi Leidy 1859
Odobenus sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocanella minor Van Beneden 1876
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis catus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta spelaea (Goldfuss 1823)
Hyaena perrieri Croizet and Jobert 1828
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis cf. etruscus Forsyth Major 1877
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
Sus strozzii Forsyth Major 1881
Mammalia - Cervidae
Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus 1758)
unclassified
Metacervoceros rhenanus
Mammalia - Cervidae
Alces sp. Gray 1821
Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus 1758)
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758
Megaloceros giganteus (Blumenbach 1799)
Eucladoceros ctenoides Nesti 1841
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
Bison priscus (Bojanus 1827)
Bos sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758
cf. Leptobos sp. Rutimeyer 1878
Ovis aries Linnaeus 1758
Capra hircus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaenula balaenopsis (Van Beneden 1872)
Balaena sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus 1758)
Balaenoptera borealina Van Beneden 1880
Mammalia - Cetacea - Monodontidae
Delphinapterus sp. Lacépède 1804
Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas 1776)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Orcinus sp. Fitzinger 1860
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeter sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cetacea
Scaldicetus caretti Du Bus 1867
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blumenbach 1799)
Stephanorhinus sp. Kretzoi 1942
Stephanorhinus etruscus (Falconer 1868)
Stephanorhinus cf. etruscus (Falconer 1868)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus robustus
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Talpidae
Galemys kormosi (Schreuder 1940)
Desmana sp. Guldenstaedt 1777
Desmana termalis
Mammalia - Soricidae
Beremendia fissidens (Petényi 1864)
Sorex praearaneus Kormos 1934
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829
Micromys sp. Dehne 1841
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Arvicola terrestris (Linnaeus 1758)
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
Microtus agrestis (Linnaeus 1761)
Microtus oeconomus (Pallas 1776)
Lemmus sp. Link 1795
Mimomys praepliocaenicus
Mimomys reidi
Mimomys tigliensis
unclassified
Pitymimomys sp.
Borsodia newtoni
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mimomys pliocaenicus (Forsyth Major 1889)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758
Trogontherium cuvieri Owen 1846
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus primigenius (Blumenbach 1799)
Mammuthus meridionalis (Nesti 1825)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus arvernensis (Croizet and Jobert 1828)
see common names

Geography
Country:Netherlands
Coordinates: 51.6° North, 3.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.7° North, 3.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Early Pleistocene Mammal zone:  MN 17
Age range of interval: 2.58 - 0.774 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated major elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: dredged off the sea floor
Metadata
Database number:189574
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-10-31 16:51:44 Last modified:2018-04-17 13:11:40
Access level:the public Released:2017-10-31 16:51:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
63715. D. J. Scager, H.-J. Ahrens, F. E. Dieleman, L. W. Hoek Ostende, J. Vos and J. W. F. Reumer. 2017. The Kor & Bot collection revisited, with a biostratigraphic interpretation of the Early Pleistocene Oosterschelde Fauna (Oosterschelde Estuary, the Netherlands). Deinsea 17:16-31 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]