Hundsheim bei Hainburg (Pleistocene of Austria)

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
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo cf. bufo1 Linnaeus 1758 toad
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Pelobates fuscus1 Laurenti 1768 Common Eurasian spadefoot toad
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Gliridae
"Glis sp." = Myoxus (Glis) Brisson 1762 dormouse
Muscardinus sp. Kaup 1829 dormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Sicista sp. Gray 1827 birch mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus cf. praeglacialis Brunner 1933 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex hundsheimensis long-tailed shrew
Sorex cf. helleri long-tailed shrew
Sorex cf. minutus Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew
Neomys anomalus water shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmana thermalis Kormos 1930 Russian desman
Desmana thermalis hundsheimensis
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758 European mole
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914 mole
 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus cf. hipposideros Bechstein 1800 horseshoe bat
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Plecotus abeli vesper bat
Myotis bechsteini Leisler 1818 vesper bat
Myotis bechsteini cf. robustus
Myotis exilis Heller 1936 vesper bat
Myotis blythi Tomes 1857 lesser mouse-eared bat
Myotis blythi oxygnathus
Myotis cf. mystacinus Leisler 1819 vesper bat
Myotis emarginatus Geoffroy 1806 vesper bat
"Vespertilio cf. discolor" = Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus 1758 vesper bat
Pipistrellus sp. Kaup 1829 pipistrelle bat
Pipistrellus cf. savii Bonaparte 1837 pipistrelle bat
Nyctalus noctula Schreber 1774 vesper bat
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis Toula 1902 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer
Capreolus capreolus priscus
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
Cervus elaphus angulatus
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Hemitragus jemlahicus Smith 1826 antelope
Hemitragus jemlahicus bonali
 Carnivora - Felidae
Acinonyx pardinensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 cheetah
Acinonys pardinensis intermedius
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta sp., "Hyaena striata" = Hyaena hyaena hyaena
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
"Hyaena striata" = Hyaena hyaena hyaena Linnaeus 1758 striped hyaena
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutra simplicidens n. sp.2, "Nesolutra sp." = Lutra, Mustela cf. nivalis, "Putorius putorius" = Mustela putorius, Meles sp.
Lutra simplicidens n. sp.2 Thenius 1965 otter
"Nesolutra sp." = Lutra Brisson 1762 otter
Mustela cf. nivalis Linnaeus 1766 least weasel
"Putorius putorius" = Mustela putorius Linnaeus 1758 European polecat
Meles sp. Brisson 1762 badger
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus deningeri Reichenau 1904 bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
Canis lupus mosbachensis
Cuon priscus n. sp. Thenius 1954 dhole
Vulpes angustidens Thenius 1954 fox
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821 elephant