Where: Niederoesterreich, Austria (48.1° N, 16.9° E: paleocoordinates 48.1° N, 16.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• Early Middle Pleistocene, earliest Arvicola cantianus fauna.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 50258: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 11.05.2005, edited by Mark Uhen and Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
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Mammalia | |
Nyctalus noctula, Pipistrellus sp., Pipistrellus cf. savii, Eptesicus serotinus, "Vespertilio cf. discolor" = Vespertilio murinus, Barbastella schadleri, Myotis exilis, Myotis emarginatus, Myotis cf. mystacinus, Myotis bechsteini, Myotis blythi, Plecotus abeli
Nyctalus noctula Schreber 1774 vesper bat
Pipistrellus sp. Kaup 1829 pipistrelle bat
Pipistrellus cf. savii Bonaparte 1837 pipistrelle bat
Eptesicus serotinus house bat
"Vespertilio cf. discolor" = Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus 1758 vesper bat
Barbastella schadleri vesper bat
Myotis exilis Heller 1936 vesper bat
Myotis emarginatus Geoffroy 1806 vesper bat
Myotis cf. mystacinus Leisler 1819 vesper bat
Plecotus abeli vesper bat | |
Rhinolophus cf. hipposideros Bechstein 1800 horseshoe bat | |
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821 elephant | |
Erinaceus cf. praeglacialis Brunner 1933 hedgehog | |
Neomys anomalus, Sorex (Drepanosorex) austriacus, Sorex hundsheimensis, Sorex cf. helleri, Sorex cf. minutus
Neomys anomalus water shrew
Sorex (Drepanosorex) austriacus long-tailed shrew
Sorex hundsheimensis long-tailed shrew
Sorex cf. helleri long-tailed shrew
Sorex cf. minutus Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew | |
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758 European mole
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914 mole | |
"Hyaena striata" = Hyaena hyaena hyaena, Crocuta sp.
"Hyaena striata" = Hyaena hyaena hyaena Linnaeus 1758 striped hyaena
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard | |
Ursus deningeri Reichenau 1904 bear | |
"Putorius putorius" = Mustela putorius, Mustela cf. nivalis, Lutra simplicidens n. sp.2, "Nesolutra sp." = Lutra, Meles sp.
"Putorius putorius" = Mustela putorius Linnaeus 1758 European polecat
Mustela cf. nivalis Linnaeus 1766 least weasel
"Nesolutra sp." = Lutra Brisson 1762 otter
Meles sp. Brisson 1762 badger | |
Vulpes angustidens Thenius 1954 fox
Cuon priscus n. sp. Thenius 1954 dhole
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine | |
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
Bison schoetensacki bison | |
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Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis Toula 1902 rhinoceros | |
Equus mosbachensis horse | |
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
Pliomys cf. hollitzeri, Arvicola cantianus, Microtus arvalinus, Microtus (Stenocranius) gregaloides, "Clethrionomys acrorhiza" = Myodes, Cricetus bursae
Pliomys cf. hollitzeri mouse
Arvicola cantianus vole
Microtus arvalinus vole
"Clethrionomys acrorhiza" = Myodes vole
Cricetus bursae mouse | |
Sicista sp. Gray 1827 birch mouse | |
"Glis sp." = Myoxus (Glis), Muscardinus sp.
"Glis sp." = Myoxus (Glis) Brisson 1762 dormouse
Muscardinus sp. Kaup 1829 dormouse | |
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel |