Miesenheim 1 bei Andernach: Middle Pleistocene, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana arvalis
Holman 1998
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Holman 1998
Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758
Holman 1998
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768
Holman 1998
Bufo bufo (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman 1998
original and current combination Rana bufo
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Triturus helveticus
Holman 1998
Triturus vulgaris (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman 1998
Triturus cristatus Fitzinger 1843
Holman 1998
Reptilia - Colubridae
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768
Holman 1998
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758
Holman 1998
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758
Holman 1998
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguis fragilis Linneaus 1758
Holman 1998
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus cf. trogontherii (Pohlig 1885)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Trogontherium cuvieri Owen 1846
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Sicista sp. Gray 1827
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus aff. maastrichtiensis
Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Mus sylvaticus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Allocricetus bursae
Pliomys episcopalis
Cricetus major
Lemmus lemmus (Linnaeus 1758)
Microtus (Terricola) arvalidens
Microtus (Terricola) gregaloides
Microtus gregalis
Microtus oeconomus (Pallas 1776)
Microtus agrestis (Linnaeus 1761)
Microtus arvalis (Pallas 1779)
Arvicola terrestris (Linnaeus 1758)
Arvicola terrestris cantiana
Clethrionomys glareolus
synonym of Myodes
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Muscardinus avellanarius (Linnaeus 1758)
Eliomys quercinus Linnaeus 1766
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Canis lupus mosbachensis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus cf. deningeri Reichenau 1904
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela nivalis Linnaeus 1766
Mustela (Putorius) putorius (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Mustela putorius
Meles sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
Bos or Bison sp.
Mammalia - Cervidae
Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus 1758)
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus etruscus (Falconer 1868)
Dicerorhinus etruscus cf. brachycephalus
    = Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868
von Koenigswald and Heinrich 1999
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex (Drepanosorex) savini Hinton 1911
Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766
Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911
Neomys cf. newtoni
Mammalia - Talpidae
Desmana sp. Guldenstaedt 1777
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914
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]
9643PACED 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]