Erpfinger Hoehle, Swaebische Alb: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Helix sp.
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few specimens. | ||||||||||
Abida sp.
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Lehmann 1957 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Arianta arbustorum
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Lehmann 1957 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
Helicella ericetorum
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Lehmann 1957 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Sphaeriidae
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Pisidium amnicum
(Müller 1774)
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Lehmann 1957 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Sphaerium corneum
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Lehmann 1957 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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? Anodonta complanata
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3 specimens | |||||||||
= Unio sp.
Philipsson 1788
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Lehmann 1957 | |||||||||
Unio crassus
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Lehmann 1957 | 18 specimens | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Zonitidae
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Zonitoides nitidus
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Lehmann 1957 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Clausiliidae
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Clausilia sp.
Draparnaud 1805
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Lehmann 1957 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Planorbidae
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Planorbis (Coretus) corneus
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Lehmann 1957 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
Planorbis (Planorbis) planorbis
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Lehmann 1957 | 31 specimens | ||||||||
Planorbis (Gyrorbis) leucostoma
Millet 1813
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Lehmann 1957 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Lymnaeidae
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Lymnaea stagnalis
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Lehmann 1957 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
Lymnaea auricularia
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Lehmann 1957 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Lymnaea ovata
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Lehmann 1957 | 51 specimens | ||||||||
Limnaea palustris
(Müller 1774)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Lymnaea palustris | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
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Hyalinia cellaria
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Lehmann 1957 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
original and current combination Hyalina | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena arvernensis
Croziet and Jobert 1828
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6 specimens | |||||||||
3 upper left and 2 upper right premolars, 1 upper right canine. | ||||||||||
= Crocuta perrieri
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Lehmann 1957 | |||||||||
cf. Lycyaena lunensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
1 upper P3. | ||||||||||
= Lycyaena cf. lunensis
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Lehmann 1957 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis toscana
Schaub 1949
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2 specimens | |||||||||
1 upper P4, 1 upper left canine. | ||||||||||
= Felis cf. toscana
Schaub 1949
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Lehmann 1957 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus etruscus
Cuvier 1823
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7 specimens | |||||||||
2 lower molars, plus 2 right upper M1, 1 upper right M2, 1 lower M1 right, 1 lower M1 left. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis etruscus
Forsyth Major 1877
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2 specimens | |||||||||
2 upper left P3. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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41 specimens | |||||||||
1 cranial fragment, 1 upper P2. | ||||||||||
= Equus bressanus
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Lehmann 1957 | |||||||||
1 right humerus shaft, 1 astragalus, 2 first phalanges, 22 upper and 10 lower molars, 3 incisors, plus tooth fragments. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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23 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Stephanorhinus etruscus | ||||||||||
1 upper P2. 1 humerus and 1 femur shaft, 2 upper milk teeth, 6 upper and 4 lower premolars, 8 upper and lower molars, plus some enamel pieces. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus ramosus
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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6 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Croizetoceros ramosus | ||||||||||
3 lower M3, 1 lower M1, 2 upper molars. | ||||||||||
Cervus aff. elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
1 upper M2, 1 premolar fragment. | ||||||||||
= aff. Cervus (Euctenoceros) senezensis
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Lehmann 1957 | |||||||||
1 upper molar, 1 upper milk molar. | ||||||||||
Megaceros sp.
Owen 1844
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21 specimens | |||||||||
2 upper molars. | ||||||||||
= Cervus (Euctenoceros) dicranios
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Lehmann 1957 | |||||||||
C. (E.) dicranius an ctenoides. 1 lower milk tooth, 3 upper premolars, 4 upper molars, 1 lower premolar, 10 lower molars. | ||||||||||
Cervus cf. nestii
(Azzaroli 1947)
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43 specimens | |||||||||
1 lower M2, 1 lower M3, 21 lower molars (fragmentary, including 10 lower M3), 10 upper molars, 1 upper and 1 lower premolar, 1 phalange. | ||||||||||
Cervus cf. philisi
Mennecart et al. 2017
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4 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Metacervocerus philisi | ||||||||||
2 lower M3, 2 upper premolars. | ||||||||||
Libralces gallicus
Azzaroli 1952
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2 specimens | |||||||||
1 lower M3, 1 lower P2. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazellospira torticornis
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Lehmann 1957 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
1 left lower M3 with talonid. | ||||||||||
? Soergelia sp.
Schaub 1951
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8 specimens | |||||||||
? aff. Soergelia. 1 lower M1. | ||||||||||
= Megalovis latifrons
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Lehmann 1957 | |||||||||
2 upper M1 (left and right), 4 lower molars, 1 lower P4, 1 milk tooth. | ||||||||||
Deperetia ardea
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Lehmann 1957 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
1 upper M2, 1 upper M3, both right. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor fiber
Linnaeus 1758
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Lehmann 1957 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Castor fiber plicidens. 1 right mandible, 1 lower left M1, 1 upper right M1. | ||||||||||
Trogontherium boisvilletti
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4 specimens | |||||||||
1 lower P4, 1 mandible fragment with P4 and M1, 2 other back teeth. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Mimomys cf. newtoni
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Lehmann 1957 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
1 right mandible with M1 and M2. | ||||||||||
Mimomys pliocaenicus
(Forsyth Major 1889)
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Lehmann 1957 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
1 left upper M1, 1 incisor fragment. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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? Hystrix sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
1 incisor fragment, 1 lower right M3. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Leporidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Lehmann 1957 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Leporidarum gen. et. spec. indet. | ||||||||||
Asteroidea
- Valvatida
- Oreasteridae
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Goniodiscus sp.
Müller and Troschel 1842
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Lehmann 1957 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
synonym of Culcita | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Limnaea sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Lehmann 1957 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Fruticicola striolata
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Lehmann 1957 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
spelled with current rank as Hygromia (Fruticicola) | ||||||||||
Monacha incarnata
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Lehmann 1957 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
spelled with current rank as Hygromia (Monacha) | ||||||||||
Monacha vincina
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Lehmann 1957 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
spelled with current rank as Hygromia (Monacha) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Germany | State/province: | Baden-Wuerttemberg |
Coordinates: | 48.5° North, 9.1° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 48.6° North, 8.9° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58800 - 0.78100 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Early Pleistocene. |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: Site found in April 1953, and first published in 1953. 25 isolated teeth were found in the first instance and compared in date to Val d'Arno, Tegelen, St Vallier, etc. |
Metadata
Database number: | 50274 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2005-05-11 07:03:29 | Last modified: | 2005-05-13 05:33:11 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-11 07:03:29 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
8651. | U. Lehmann. 1953. Eine Villafranchiano-Fauna von der Erpfinger Hohle (Schwabische Alb). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 10:437-464 [A. Behrensmeyer/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
8652 | U. Lehmann. 1957. Weitere Fossilfunde aus dem altesten Pleistozan der Erpfinger Hohle (Schwabische Alp). MItt. Geol. Staatinst. Hamburg 26:60-99 [A. Behrensmeyer/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |