Where: Niederoesterreich, Austria (48.1° N, 16.9° E: paleocoordinates 48.1° N, 16.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• Early Middle Pleistocene, earliest Arvicola cantianus fauna.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
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: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 50258: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 11.05.2005, edited by Mark Uhen and Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
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Mammalia | |
"Glis sp." = Myoxus (Glis), Muscardinus sp.
"Glis sp." = Myoxus (Glis) Brisson 1762 dormouse
Muscardinus sp. Kaup 1829 dormouse | |
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel | |
Sicista sp. Gray 1827 birch mouse | |
Pliomys cf. hollitzeri, Cricetus bursae, Arvicola cantianus, Microtus arvalinus, Microtus (Stenocranius) gregaloides, "Clethrionomys acrorhiza" = Myodes
Pliomys cf. hollitzeri mouse
Cricetus bursae mouse
Arvicola cantianus vole
Microtus arvalinus vole
"Clethrionomys acrorhiza" = Myodes vole | |
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
Erinaceus cf. praeglacialis Brunner 1933 hedgehog | |
Sorex (Drepanosorex) austriacus, Sorex hundsheimensis, Sorex cf. helleri, Sorex cf. minutus, Neomys anomalus
Sorex (Drepanosorex) austriacus long-tailed shrew
Sorex hundsheimensis long-tailed shrew
Sorex cf. helleri long-tailed shrew
Sorex cf. minutus Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew
Neomys anomalus water shrew | |
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758 European mole
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914 mole | |
Rhinolophus cf. hipposideros Bechstein 1800 horseshoe bat | |
Barbastella schadleri, Plecotus abeli, Myotis bechsteini, Myotis exilis, Myotis blythi, Myotis cf. mystacinus, Myotis emarginatus, "Vespertilio cf. discolor" = Vespertilio murinus, Pipistrellus sp., Pipistrellus cf. savii, Eptesicus serotinus, Nyctalus noctula
Barbastella schadleri vesper bat
Plecotus abeli vesper bat
Myotis exilis Heller 1936 vesper bat
Myotis cf. mystacinus Leisler 1819 vesper bat
Myotis emarginatus Geoffroy 1806 vesper bat
"Vespertilio cf. discolor" = Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus 1758 vesper bat
Pipistrellus sp. Kaup 1829 pipistrelle bat
Pipistrellus cf. savii Bonaparte 1837 pipistrelle bat
Eptesicus serotinus house bat
Nyctalus noctula Schreber 1774 vesper bat | |
Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis Toula 1902 rhinoceros | |
Equus mosbachensis horse | |
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
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Bison schoetensacki bison | |
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat | |
Crocuta sp., "Hyaena striata" = Hyaena hyaena hyaena
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
"Hyaena striata" = Hyaena hyaena hyaena Linnaeus 1758 striped hyaena | |
Lutra simplicidens n. sp.2, "Nesolutra sp." = Lutra, Mustela cf. nivalis, "Putorius putorius" = Mustela putorius, Meles sp.
"Nesolutra sp." = Lutra Brisson 1762 otter
Mustela cf. nivalis Linnaeus 1766 least weasel
"Putorius putorius" = Mustela putorius Linnaeus 1758 European polecat
Meles sp. Brisson 1762 badger | |
Ursus deningeri Reichenau 1904 bear | |
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
Cuon priscus n. sp. Thenius 1954 dhole
Vulpes angustidens Thenius 1954 fox | |
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821 elephant |