Mosbach 2 main fauna, bei Wiesbaden: Middle Pleistocene, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciurus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor fiber
Linnaeus 1758
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Trogontherium cuvieri
Owen 1846
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Pliomys episcopalis
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Cricetus cricetus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Arvicola cantianus
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Arvicola cantianus = mosbachensis | ||||||||||
Microtus arvalinus
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Microtus ratticepoides
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Pitymys schmidtgeni
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synonym of Microtus | ||||||||||
Clethrionomys sp.
Tilesius 1850
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synonym of Myodes | ||||||||||
Lemmus sp.
Link 1795
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Ochotona pusilla
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Macaca sp.
Lacépède 1799
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Asoriculus sp.
Kretzoi 1959
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Sorex sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Sorex (Drepanosorex) savini
Hinton 1911
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Desmana moschata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Desmana moschata mosbachensis | ||||||||||
Talpa europaea
Linnaeus 1758
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Talpa minor
Freudenberg 1914
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Stephanorhinus hemitoechus
(Falconer 1868)
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Stephanorhinus etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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Stephanorhinus etruscus/hundsheimensis | ||||||||||
Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis
(Jäger 1839)
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recombined as Dihoplus kirchbergensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus mosbachensis
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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Hippopotamus amphibius antiquus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Alces sp.
Gray 1821
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Megaloceros (Praemegaceros) verticornis
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Alces latifrons
(Johnson 1874)
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recombined as Cervalces latifrons | ||||||||||
Capreolus suessenbornensis
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"Cervus" reichenaui
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'Cervus' reichenaui = elaphoides | ||||||||||
Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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Cervus elephas acoronatus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison schoetensacki
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Bison priscus
(Bojanus 1827)
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Praeovibos schmidtgeni
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Homotherium sp.
Fabrini 1890
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Acinonyx pardinensis
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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Panthera leo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Panthera leo fossilis | ||||||||||
Panthera gombaszoegensis
(Kretzoi 1938)
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Lynx issiodorensis
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Pliocrocuta perrieri
Kretzoi 1938
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Crocuta crocuta
(Erxleben 1777)
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Crocuta crocuta praespelaea | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Gulo schlosseri
Kormos 1914
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synonym of Gulo gulo | ||||||||||
Lutra sp.
Brisson 1762
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Lutra simplicidens
Thenius 1965
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Willemsen 1992 | |||||||||
Mustela nivalis
Linnaeus 1766
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Mustela putorius
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus deningeri
Reichenau 1904
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Ursus thibetanus
Cuvier 1823
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Ursus thibetanus = stehlini | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Xenocyon cf. lycaonoides
Kretzoi 1938
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Canis lupus
Linnaeus 1758
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Canis lupus mosbachensis | ||||||||||
Cuon priscus
Thenius 1954
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Cuon cf. priscus
Thenius 1954
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas antiquus
Falconer and Cautley 1847
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recombined as Palaeoloxodon antiquus | ||||||||||
Mammuthus trogontherii
(Pohlig 1885)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Germany | State/province: | Rheinland-Pfalz |
Coordinates: | 50.1° North, 8.3° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 50.1° North, 8.3° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.78100 - 0.12600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Middle Pleistocene, Latest Cromerian, Earliest Arvicola cantianus fauna. Normal magnetisation, post West Runton. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 50196 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner, M. Uhen | Enterer: | H. O'Regan, M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2005-05-10 07:06:00 | Last modified: | 2022-10-04 11:29:24 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-10 07:06:00 |
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:
82759 | M. Cherin. 2017. New material of Lutra simplicidens (Carnivora, Mustelidae, Lutrinae), a key taxon fro understanding the evolution of European otters. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 123(3):433-441 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
31346 | G. F. Willemsen. 1992. A revision of the Pliocene and Quaternary Lutrinae from Europe. Scripta Geologica 101:1-115 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |