Prezletice bei Prag: Middle Pleistocene, Czech Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Esox lucius
Fridrich 1991
abundant.
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Tinca tinca
Fridrich 1991
abundant.
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Fridrich 1991
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Fridrich 1991
abundant.
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus trogontherii (Pohlig 1885)
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis dasycneme Boie 1825
Myotis cf. mystacinus Leisler 1819
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Citellus primigenius
synonym of Spermophilus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus (Terricola) arvalidens
Microtus ratticepoides
Microtus nivaloides
Microtus arvalinus
Microtus (Stenocranius) gregaloides
Clethrionomys glareolus
synonym of Myodes
Lemmus aff. lemmus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mimomys savini
Allocricetus bursae
Cricetus cricetus (Linnaeus 1758)
Pliomys episcopalis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Trogontherium cuvieri Owen 1846
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus praeglacialis Brunner 1933
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914
Desmana thermalis Kormos 1930
Mammalia - Soricidae
Neomys newtoni
Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766
Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911
Sorex praearaneus Kormos 1934
Sorex (Drepanosorex) savini Hinton 1911
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus cf. thibetanus Cuvier 1823
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Martes cf. foina (Erxleben 1777)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Pachycrocuta sp. Kretzoi 1938
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Canis lupus mosbachensis
Vulpes cf. angustidens Thenius 1954
Mammalia - Cervidae
Capreolus cf. suessenbornensis
Cervus cf. elephas
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus mosbachensis
Equus hemionus Pallas 1775
recombined as Equus (Hemionus) hemionus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus etruscus (Falconer 1868)
see common names

Geography
Country:Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50.2° North, 14.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.2° North, 14.6° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:244 meters
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Chibanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Early Middle Pleistocene, Biharian. There are 3 different levels within the site - A I-III. A I is a brown loam (Braunlehm), A II is a gley, and A III is lacustrine. It is not clear which level the fauna comes from.
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:36219
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-01-19 06:54:21 Last modified:2005-04-05 07:46:56
Access level:the public Released:2004-01-19 06:54:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9643.PACED 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]

Secondary references:

13066PACED J. Fridrich. 1991. Les premiers peuplements humains en Boheme (Tchecoslavaquie). In E. Bonifay, B. Vandermeersch (eds.), Les Premiers Europeens. Edition du comite des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques (CTHS) 195-201 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen]