Weimar, Unterer Travertin (Lower Travertine) (Pleistocene of Germany)

Where: Thüringen, Germany (51.0° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 11.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Unterer Travertin Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Lower Pleistocene

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; hardground travertine

• travertine

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: H.-D. Kahlke. 1958. Die jungpleistozänen Säugetierfaunen aus dem Travertingebiet von Taubach-Weimar-Ehringsdorf (The Early Plestocene mammalian fauna from the travetin-area of Taubach-Weimar-Ehringsdorf). Alt-Thüringen 3:97-130 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45085: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 04.10.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847 elephant
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus cf. arctos Linnaeus 1758 brown bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felis silvestris Schreber 1777 wildcat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
"Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis" = Dihoplus kirchbergensis
"Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis" = Dihoplus kirchbergensis Jäger 1839 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
Dama dama Linnaeus 1758 fallow deer
Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison priscus Bojanus 1827 bison
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human
(artefacts)