Hohensulzen bei Worms: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana cf. arvalis
Holman 1998
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Sicista sp. Gray 1827
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Mus sylvaticus
Micromys minutus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Allocricetus bursae
Pliomys episcopalis
Pliomys lenki
Cricetus runtonensis
Mimomys savini
Mimomys pusillus
Lemmus sp. Link 1795
Microtus (Terricola) hintoni
Microtus (Terricola) arvaloides
Microtus nivaloides
Microtus ratticepoides
Microtus arvalinus
Microtus (Stenocranius) gregaloides
Clethrionomys glareolus
synonym of Myodes
Clethrionomys rufocanoides
synonym of Myodes
Clethrionomys sebaldi
synonym of Myodes
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Glis sackdillingensis Heller 1930
Eliomys cf. quercinus Linnaeus 1766
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Macaca "florentina" Cocchi 1872
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cervidae
Capreolus suessenbornensis
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex (Drepanosorex) savini Hinton 1911
Sorex praealpinus Heller 1930
Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766
Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911
Asoriculus sp. Kretzoi 1959
Beremendia sp. Kormos 1930
Mammalia - Talpidae
Desmana moschata (Linnaeus 1758)
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914
Talpa fossilis Petenyi 1864
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Rheinland-Pfalz
Coordinates: 49.6° North, 8.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.7° North, 8.0° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Latest Lower Pleistocene, but Feijfar et al (1997) say Biharian (= earliest Middle Pleistocene).
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Hohensülzen
Database number:35905
Authorizer:A. Turner, E. Vlachos Enterer:H. O'Regan, E. Vlachos
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-01-09 08:03:06 Last modified:2004-01-09 10:42:55
Access level:the public Released:2004-01-09 08:03:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9643.PACED 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]

Secondary references:

66368 J. A. Holman. 1998. Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles in Britain and Europe. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics 1-265 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]