Also known as Voigtstedt Loam zone, Voigtstedt clay level

Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.4° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 11.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Three levels with fauna recorded, the lower gravels (unteren Kiesen), The loam zone (Lehmzone), and the upper gravels (Oberen Kiesen). The lower gravels are the lowest level and represent a cold period. The Middle level (Lehmzone) is a warm period = Early Middle Pleistocene, the Voigtstedt-Warmzeit, definitely the Brunhes Chron.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: The Loam zone contains the most species and represents a warm period (the Voigtstedt-Warmzeit).

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 36206: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 19.01.2004

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