Where: Bayern, Germany (49.0° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 49.0° N, 11.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• Primitive Arvicola cantianus. Middle Pleistocene, either Early or Middle Middle Pleistocene (Holsteinian).
Environment/lithology: fissure fill
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: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 50260: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 11.05.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian red squirrel | |
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse | |
Microtus sp., Microtus (Terricola) arvalidens, Arvicola cantianus, "Clethrionomys glareolus" = Myodes, Lemmus sp., Allocricetus bursae, Cricetus major
Arvicola cantianus vole
"Clethrionomys glareolus" = Myodes vole
Lemmus sp. Link 1795 vole
Allocricetus bursae mouse
Cricetus major mouse | |
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Eliomys quercinus Linnaeus 1766 garden doormouse | |
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Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
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Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog | |
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Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758 European mole
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914 mole | |
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Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
Sorex "sp. A" Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Sorex (Drepanosorex) postsavini long-tailed shrew
Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew | |
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Mustela aff. erminea Linnaeus 1758 stoat
Mustela nivalis Linnaeus 1766 least weasel
Meles meles Linnaeus 1758 European badger | |
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Capreolus sp. Gray 1821 roe | |
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Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |