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
Mammalia | |
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
Sicista sp. Gray 1827 birch mouse | |
Cricetus bursae, Microtus arvalinus, Microtus (Stenocranius) gregaloides, Arvicola cantianus, "Clethrionomys acrorhiza" = Myodes, Pliomys cf. hollitzeri
Cricetus bursae mouse
Microtus arvalinus vole
Arvicola cantianus vole
"Clethrionomys acrorhiza" = Myodes vole
Pliomys cf. hollitzeri mouse | |
Muscardinus sp., "Glis sp." = Myoxus (Glis)
Muscardinus sp. Kaup 1829 dormouse
"Glis sp." = Myoxus (Glis) Brisson 1762 dormouse | |
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel | |
Vulpes angustidens Thenius 1954 fox
Cuon priscus n. sp. Thenius 1954 dhole
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine | |
"Nesolutra sp." = Lutra, Lutra simplicidens n. sp.2, Meles sp., "Putorius putorius" = Mustela putorius, Mustela cf. nivalis
"Nesolutra sp." = Lutra Brisson 1762 otter
Meles sp. Brisson 1762 badger
"Putorius putorius" = Mustela putorius Linnaeus 1758 European polecat
Mustela cf. nivalis Linnaeus 1766 least weasel | |
Ursus deningeri Reichenau 1904 bear | |
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard | |
"Hyaena striata" = Hyaena hyaena hyaena, Crocuta sp.
"Hyaena striata" = Hyaena hyaena hyaena Linnaeus 1758 striped hyaena
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
Equus mosbachensis horse | |
Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis Toula 1902 rhinoceros | |
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Bison schoetensacki bison | |
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
Erinaceus cf. praeglacialis Brunner 1933 hedgehog | |
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914 mole
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758 European mole | |
Neomys anomalus, Sorex (Drepanosorex) austriacus, Sorex hundsheimensis, Sorex cf. helleri, Sorex cf. minutus
Neomys anomalus water shrew
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 | |
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821 elephant | |
Rhinolophus cf. hipposideros Bechstein 1800 horseshoe bat | |
"Vespertilio cf. discolor" = Vespertilio murinus, Eptesicus serotinus, Plecotus abeli, Pipistrellus sp., Pipistrellus cf. savii, Barbastella schadleri, Nyctalus noctula, Myotis bechsteini, Myotis emarginatus, Myotis blythi, Myotis exilis, Myotis cf. mystacinus
"Vespertilio cf. discolor" = Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus 1758 vesper bat
Eptesicus serotinus house bat
Plecotus abeli vesper bat
Pipistrellus sp. Kaup 1829 pipistrelle bat
Pipistrellus cf. savii Bonaparte 1837 pipistrelle bat
Barbastella schadleri vesper bat
Nyctalus noctula Schreber 1774 vesper bat
Myotis emarginatus Geoffroy 1806 vesper bat
Myotis exilis Heller 1936 vesper bat
Myotis cf. mystacinus Leisler 1819 vesper bat | |
Amphibia | |
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