Mosbach 1, bei Wiesbaden (Pleistocene of Germany)

Where: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (50.1° N, 8.3° E: paleocoordinates 50.1° N, 8.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Late Early Pleistocene, post Jaramillo Event, pre Brunhes/Matuyama boundary.

Environment/lithology:

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Contains warm phase taxa.

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 50000: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 04.05.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus meridionalis Nesti 1825 mammoth
Mammuthus trogontherii Pohlig 1885 mammoth
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
"Alces latifrons" = Cervalces latifrons Johnson 1874 stag moose
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
Cervus elephas acoronatus
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
Hippopotamus amphibius antiquus
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus deningeri Reichenau 1904 bear
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena sp. Brisson 1762 hyaena
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Desmana moschata Linnaeus 1758 Russian desman
Desmana moschata mosbachensis
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Trogontherium cuvieri Owen 1846 beaver