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