Erpfinger Hoehle, Swaebische Alb: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Helix sp.
few specimens.
Abida sp.
Lehmann 1957 1 specimen
Arianta arbustorum
Lehmann 1957 11 specimens
Helicella ericetorum
Lehmann 1957 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
Pisidium amnicum (Müller 1774)
Lehmann 1957 1 specimen
Sphaerium corneum
Lehmann 1957 8 specimens
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
? Anodonta complanata
3 specimens
    = Unio sp. Philipsson 1788
Lehmann 1957
Unio crassus
Lehmann 1957 18 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Zonitidae
Zonitoides nitidus
Lehmann 1957 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Clausiliidae
Clausilia sp. Draparnaud 1805
Lehmann 1957 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbis (Coretus) corneus
Lehmann 1957 10 specimens
Planorbis (Planorbis) planorbis
Lehmann 1957 31 specimens
Planorbis (Gyrorbis) leucostoma Millet 1813
Lehmann 1957 7 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
Lymnaea stagnalis
Lehmann 1957 5 specimens
Lymnaea auricularia
Lehmann 1957 1 specimen
Lymnaea ovata
Lehmann 1957 51 specimens
Limnaea palustris (Müller 1774)
7 specimens
recombined as Lymnaea palustris
Gastropoda
Hyalinia cellaria
Lehmann 1957 1 specimen
original and current combination Hyalina
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena arvernensis Croziet and Jobert 1828
6 specimens
3 upper left and 2 upper right premolars, 1 upper right canine.
    = Crocuta perrieri
Lehmann 1957
cf. Lycyaena lunensis
1 specimen
1 upper P3.
    = Lycyaena cf. lunensis
Lehmann 1957
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis toscana Schaub 1949
2 specimens
1 upper P4, 1 upper left canine.
    = Felis cf. toscana Schaub 1949
Lehmann 1957
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus etruscus Cuvier 1823
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
Canis etruscus Forsyth Major 1877
2 specimens
2 upper left P3.
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
41 specimens
1 cranial fragment, 1 upper P2.
    = Equus bressanus
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
Dicerorhinus etruscus (Falconer 1868)
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
Cervus ramosus Croizet and Jobert 1828
6 specimens
recombined as Croizetoceros ramosus
3 lower M3, 1 lower M1, 2 upper molars.
Cervus aff. elaphus Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
1 upper M2, 1 premolar fragment.
    = aff. Cervus (Euctenoceros) senezensis
Lehmann 1957
1 upper molar, 1 upper milk molar.
Megaceros sp. Owen 1844
21 specimens
2 upper molars.
    = Cervus (Euctenoceros) dicranios
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)
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
4 specimens
recombined as Metacervocerus philisi
2 lower M3, 2 upper premolars.
Libralces gallicus Azzaroli 1952
2 specimens
1 lower M3, 1 lower P2.
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazellospira torticornis
Lehmann 1957 1 specimen
1 left lower M3 with talonid.
? Soergelia sp. Schaub 1951
8 specimens
? aff. Soergelia. 1 lower M1.
    = Megalovis latifrons
Lehmann 1957
2 upper M1 (left and right), 4 lower molars, 1 lower P4, 1 milk tooth.
Deperetia ardea
Lehmann 1957 2 specimens
1 upper M2, 1 upper M3, both right.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758
Lehmann 1957 3 specimens
Castor fiber plicidens. 1 right mandible, 1 lower left M1, 1 upper right M1.
Trogontherium boisvilletti
4 specimens
1 lower P4, 1 mandible fragment with P4 and M1, 2 other back teeth.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mimomys cf. newtoni
Lehmann 1957 1 specimen
1 right mandible with M1 and M2.
Mimomys pliocaenicus (Forsyth Major 1889)
Lehmann 1957 2 specimens
1 left upper M1, 1 incisor fragment.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
? Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
1 incisor fragment, 1 lower right M3.
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Lehmann 1957 2 specimens
Leporidarum gen. et. spec. indet.
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Oreasteridae
Goniodiscus sp. Müller and Troschel 1842
Lehmann 1957 1 specimen
synonym of Culcita
unclassified
Limnaea sp. Lamarck 1799
Lehmann 1957 2 specimens
Fruticicola striolata
Lehmann 1957 1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Hygromia (Fruticicola)
Monacha incarnata
Lehmann 1957 4 specimens
spelled with current rank as Hygromia (Monacha)
Monacha vincina
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]