Erpfingen 3, bei Reutlingen (Pleistocene of Germany)

Where: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (48.4° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 48.4° N, 9.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Middle Middle Pleistocene, earliest Arvicola cantianus fauna.

Environment/lithology:

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: F. Heller. 1936. Eine Forest Bed-Fauna aus der Schwaebischen Alb. Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (2)1-29 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50243: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 11.05.2005, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

• faunal entry paused May 2005, while awaiting the original site reports (Heller 1936, 1958).
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Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Talpa minor2, Talpa cf. episcopalis2, Talpa europaea2
Talpa minor2 Freudenberg 1914 mole
Talpa cf. episcopalis2 Kormos 1930 mole
Talpa europaea2 Linnaeus 1758 European mole
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex aranoides2, Sorex praealpinus2
Sorex aranoides2 long-tailed shrew
Sorex praealpinus2 Heller 1930 long-tailed shrew
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
? Erinaceus sp.2
? Erinaceus sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog
Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.1
Rana sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 frog
1Holman 1998; 2von Koenigswald and Heinrich 1999