Miesenheim 1 bei Andernach: Middle Pleistocene, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana arvalis
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
Rana temporaria
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
Bufo bufo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
original and current combination Rana bufo | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Triturus helveticus
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
Triturus vulgaris
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
Triturus cristatus
Fitzinger 1843
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Natrix sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
Natrix natrix
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Lacerta sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Anguis fragilis
Linneaus 1758
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus cf. trogontherii
(Pohlig 1885)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Trogontherium cuvieri
Owen 1846
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Castor fiber
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciurus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Sicista sp.
Gray 1827
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Apodemus aff. maastrichtiensis
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Apodemus sylvaticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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original and current combination Mus sylvaticus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Allocricetus bursae
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Pliomys episcopalis
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Cricetus major
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Lemmus lemmus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Microtus (Terricola) arvalidens
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Microtus (Terricola) gregaloides
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Microtus gregalis
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Microtus oeconomus
(Pallas 1776)
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Microtus agrestis
(Linnaeus 1761)
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Microtus arvalis
(Pallas 1779)
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Arvicola terrestris
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Arvicola terrestris cantiana | ||||||||||
Clethrionomys glareolus
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synonym of Myodes | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Muscardinus avellanarius
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Eliomys quercinus
Linnaeus 1766
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis lupus
Linnaeus 1758
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Canis lupus mosbachensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus cf. deningeri
Reichenau 1904
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela nivalis
Linnaeus 1766
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Mustela (Putorius) putorius
(Linnaeus 1758)
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original and current combination Mustela putorius | ||||||||||
Meles sp.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Bos or Bison sp. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Capreolus capreolus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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Dicerorhinus etruscus cf. brachycephalus | ||||||||||
= Stephanorhinus etruscus
Falconer 1868
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von Koenigswald and Heinrich 1999 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex (Drepanosorex) savini
Hinton 1911
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Sorex minutus
Linnaeus 1766
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Sorex runtonensis
Hinton 1911
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Neomys cf. newtoni
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Desmana sp.
Guldenstaedt 1777
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Talpa europaea
Linnaeus 1758
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Talpa minor
Freudenberg 1914
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Germany | State/province: | Rheinland-Pfalz |
Coordinates: | 50.5° North, 7.5° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 50.5° North, 7.5° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Regional section: | Neuwied Basin | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Oldest Arvicola cantianus fauna, Middle Middle Pleistocene, Latest Cromerian - correlated with interglacial IV, roughly 0.4Ma. Material has been collected from a variety of units, but for the mammals they are all regarded as the same faunal unit. Several specimens in units G and F refit together. Mollusca have been subdivided but are not given here. |
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | anthropogenic |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some microfossils |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Collection method comments: Mollusca collected but not listed here. Site discovered after pumice extraction in 1982 and excavated between 1982 and 1990. | |
Taxonomic list comments:Mammalian faunal list for all levels. |
Metadata
Database number: | 49999 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | H. O'Regan, E. Vlachos |
Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2005-05-04 08:32:28 | Last modified: | 2005-05-10 08:37:46 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-04 08:32:28 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
13430. | PACED | T. van Kolfschoten and E. Turner. 1996. Early Middle Pleistocene mammalian faunas from Karlich (Kaerlich) and Miesenheim I and their biostratigraphical implications. In C. Turner , ed., The early Middle Pleistocene in Europe, Balkema, Rotterdam 227-253 [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] | |
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] |