PBDB Collection

Hundsheim bei Hainburg (Pleistocene of Austria)

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

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
Salientia - Pelobatidae	Pelobates fuscus¹ Pelobates fuscus¹ Laurenti 1768 Common Eurasian spadefoot toad
Salientia - Bufonidae	Bufo cf. bufo¹ Bufo cf. bufo¹ Linnaeus 1758 toad
Mammalia
Carnivora - Ursidae	Ursus deningeri Ursus deningeri Reichenau 1904 bear
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Lutra simplicidens n. sp.², "Nesolutra sp." = Lutra, Meles sp., Mustela cf. nivalis, "Putorius putorius" = Mustela putorius Lutra simplicidens n. sp.² Thenius 1965 otter "Nesolutra sp." = Lutra Brisson 1762 otter Meles sp. Brisson 1762 badger Mustela cf. nivalis Linnaeus 1766 least weasel "Putorius putorius" = Mustela putorius Linnaeus 1758 European polecat
Carnivora - Canidae	Vulpes angustidens, Canis sp., Canis lupus, Cuon priscus n. sp. Vulpes angustidens Thenius 1954 fox Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf Canis lupus mosbachensis Cuon priscus n. sp. Thenius 1954 dhole
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	"Hyaena striata" = Hyaena hyaena hyaena, Crocuta sp. "Hyaena striata" = Hyaena hyaena hyaena Linnaeus 1758 striped hyaena Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
Carnivora - Felidae	Homotherium moravicum, Felis sp., Panthera pardus, Acinonyx pardinensis Homotherium moravicum cat Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard Acinonyx pardinensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 cheetah Acinonys pardinensis intermedius
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus mosbachensis Equus mosbachensis horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis Toula 1902 rhinoceros
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Sus scrofa Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Capreolus capreolus, Cervus elaphus Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer Capreolus capreolus priscus Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer Cervus elaphus angulatus
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bison schoetensacki, Hemitragus jemlahicus Bison schoetensacki bison Hemitragus jemlahicus Smith 1826 antelope Hemitragus jemlahicus bonali
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	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
Soricomorpha - Talpidae	Desmana thermalis, Talpa europaea, Talpa minor Desmana thermalis Kormos 1930 Russian desman Desmana thermalis hundsheimensis Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758 European mole Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914 mole
Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae	Erinaceus cf. praeglacialis Erinaceus cf. praeglacialis Brunner 1933 hedgehog
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Lepus sp. Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
Rodentia - Sciuridae	"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus "Citellus sp." = Spermophilus Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel
Rodentia - Gliridae	"Glis sp." = Myoxus (Glis), Muscardinus sp. "Glis sp." = Myoxus (Glis) Brisson 1762 dormouse Muscardinus sp. Kaup 1829 dormouse
Rodentia - Zapodidae	Sicista sp. Sicista sp. Gray 1827 birch mouse
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Cricetus bursae, Pliomys cf. hollitzeri, "Clethrionomys acrorhiza" = Myodes, Arvicola cantianus, Microtus arvalinus, Microtus (Stenocranius) gregaloides Cricetus bursae rodent Pliomys cf. hollitzeri rodent "Clethrionomys acrorhiza" = Myodes vole Arvicola cantianus vole Microtus arvalinus vole Microtus (Stenocranius) gregaloides vole
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Elephantidae indet. Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821 elephant
Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophus cf. hipposideros Rhinolophus cf. hipposideros Bechstein 1800 horseshoe bat
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Plecotus abeli, Pipistrellus sp., Pipistrellus cf. savii, Myotis cf. mystacinus, Myotis exilis, Myotis blythi, Myotis bechsteini, Myotis emarginatus, Eptesicus serotinus, Barbastella schadleri, "Vespertilio cf. discolor" = Vespertilio murinus, Nyctalus noctula Plecotus abeli vesper bat Pipistrellus sp. Kaup 1829 pipistrelle bat Pipistrellus cf. savii Bonaparte 1837 pipistrelle bat Myotis cf. mystacinus Leisler 1819 vesper bat Myotis exilis Heller 1936 vesper bat Myotis blythi Tomes 1857 lesser mouse-eared bat Myotis blythi oxygnathus Myotis bechsteini Leisler 1818 vesper bat Myotis bechsteini cf. robustus Myotis emarginatus Geoffroy 1806 vesper bat Eptesicus serotinus house bat Barbastella schadleri vesper bat "Vespertilio cf. discolor" = Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus 1758 vesper bat Nyctalus noctula Schreber 1774 vesper bat

¹Holman 1998; ²Willemsen 1992