Where: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (48.5° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 8.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• Early Pleistocene.
Environment/lithology: cave
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: 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.
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 50274: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 11.05.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Pisidium amnicum Müller 1774 pea clam
Sphaerium corneum fingernail clam | |
Unio crassus freshwater mussel
Unio sp. Philipsson 1788 freshwater mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Zonitoides nitidus true glass snail | |
Clausilia sp. Draparnaud 1805 slug | |
Planorbis (Gyrorbis) leucostoma Millet 1813 snail | |
Lymnaea stagnalis snail
Lymnaea auricularia snail
Lymnaea ovata snail
"Limnaea palustris" = Lymnaea palustris Müller 1774 snail | |
Hyalinia cellaria snail | |
Mammalia | |
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Ursus etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear 2 lower molars, plus 2 right upper M1, 1 upper right M2, 1 lower M1 right, 1 lower M1 left.
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"Dicerorhinus etruscus" = Stephanorhinus etruscus
"Dicerorhinus etruscus" = Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros 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.
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"Cervus ramosus" = Croizetoceros ramosus, aff. Cervus (Euctenoceros) senezensis, Cervus (Euctenoceros) dicranios, Cervus cf. nestii, "Cervus cf. philisi" = Metacervocerus philisi, Libralces gallicus
"Cervus ramosus" = Croizetoceros ramosus Croizet and Jobert 1828 deer 3 lower M3, 1 lower M1, 2 upper molars.
Cervus cf. nestii Azzaroli 1947 deer 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" = Metacervocerus philisi Mennecart et al. 2017 deer 2 lower M3, 2 upper premolars.
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Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver Castor fiber plicidens. 1 right mandible, 1 lower left M1, 1 upper right M1.
Trogontherium boisvilletti beaver 1 lower P4, 1 mandible fragment with P4 and M1, 2 other back teeth.
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Asteroidea | |
"Goniodiscus sp." = Culcita
"Goniodiscus sp." = Culcita Presl 1836 sea star | |
Limnaea | |
Limnaea sp. Lamarck 1799 | |
Hygromia | |
"Fruticicola striolata" = Hygromia (Fruticicola), "Monacha incarnata" = Hygromia (Monacha), "Monacha vincina" = Hygromia (Monacha)
"Fruticicola striolata" = Hygromia (Fruticicola)
"Monacha incarnata" = Hygromia (Monacha)
"Monacha vincina" = Hygromia (Monacha) |