Mosbach 2 main fauna, bei Wiesbaden: Middle Pleistocene, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758
Trogontherium cuvieri Owen 1846
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Pliomys episcopalis
Cricetus cricetus (Linnaeus 1758)
Arvicola cantianus
Arvicola cantianus = mosbachensis
Microtus arvalinus
Microtus ratticepoides
Pitymys schmidtgeni
synonym of Microtus
Clethrionomys sp. Tilesius 1850
synonym of Myodes
Lemmus sp. Link 1795
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona pusilla
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Macaca sp. Lacépède 1799
Mammalia - Soricidae
Asoriculus sp. Kretzoi 1959
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Sorex (Drepanosorex) savini Hinton 1911
Mammalia - Talpidae
Desmana moschata (Linnaeus 1758)
Desmana moschata mosbachensis
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus hemitoechus (Falconer 1868)
Stephanorhinus etruscus (Falconer 1868)
Stephanorhinus etruscus/hundsheimensis
Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis (Jäger 1839)
recombined as Dihoplus kirchbergensis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus mosbachensis
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Hippopotamus amphibius antiquus
Mammalia - Cervidae
Alces sp. Gray 1821
Megaloceros (Praemegaceros) verticornis
Alces latifrons (Johnson 1874)
recombined as Cervalces latifrons
Capreolus suessenbornensis
"Cervus" reichenaui
'Cervus' reichenaui = elaphoides
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758
Cervus elephas acoronatus
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison schoetensacki
Bison priscus (Bojanus 1827)
Praeovibos schmidtgeni
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890
Acinonyx pardinensis Croizet and Jobert 1828
Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
Panthera leo fossilis
Panthera gombaszoegensis (Kretzoi 1938)
Lynx issiodorensis (Croizet and Jobert 1828)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Pliocrocuta perrieri Kretzoi 1938
Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
Crocuta crocuta praespelaea
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Gulo schlosseri Kormos 1914
synonym of Gulo gulo
Lutra sp. Brisson 1762
Lutra simplicidens Thenius 1965
Willemsen 1992
Mustela nivalis Linnaeus 1766
Mustela putorius Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus deningeri Reichenau 1904
Ursus thibetanus Cuvier 1823
Ursus thibetanus = stehlini
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Xenocyon cf. lycaonoides Kretzoi 1938
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Canis lupus mosbachensis
Cuon priscus Thenius 1954
Cuon cf. priscus Thenius 1954
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847
recombined as Palaeoloxodon antiquus
Mammuthus trogontherii (Pohlig 1885)
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]