PBDB Collection

Sussenborn (Pleistocene of Germany)

Also known as ETE Locality 1607, Sussenborn,

Where: Thuringia, Germany (51.0° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 11.3° E)

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: .

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 478, 483, 121, 456, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: G. Haynes. 1991. Mammoths, mastodons and elephants: biology, behavior and the fossil record. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 413 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 22728: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 29.05.2001, edited by Hannah O'Regan

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Mammuthus trogontherii Mammuthus trogontherii Pohlig 1885 mammoth
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Pachycrocuta brevirostris, Crocuta crocuta Pachycrocuta brevirostris Gervais 1850 brown hyaena Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
Carnivora - Felidae	Homotherium sp., Panthera cf. gombaszoegensis Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat Panthera cf. gombaszoegensis Kretzoi 1938 cat
Carnivora - Ursidae	Ursus deningeri Ursus deningeri Reichenau 1904 bear
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Lutra cf. simplicidens Lutra cf. simplicidens Thenius 1965 otter
Carnivora - Canidae	Canis lupus Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf Canis lupus mosbachensis
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Sus scrofa Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar Sus scrofa priscus
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Megaloceros (Praemegaceros) verticornis, Praedama suessenbornensis, Cervus elephas, Cervus elaphoides, Capreolus suessenbornensis, Rangifer tarandus, "Alces latifrons" = Cervalces latifrons Megaloceros (Praemegaceros) verticornis Irish elk Praedama suessenbornensis deer Cervus elephas deer Cervus elephas acoronatus Cervus elaphoides deer Capreolus suessenbornensis roe Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer Rangifer tarandus stadelmanni "Alces latifrons" = Cervalces latifrons Johnson 1874 stag moose
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bison schoetensacki, Bison priscus, Ovibos moschatus, Praeovibos priscus, "Soergelia elisabethae" = Soergelia mayfieldi Bison schoetensacki bison 2 subspcies - B. schoetensacki schoetensacki and B. schoetensacki lagenocornis Bison priscus Bojanus 1827 bison Bison priscus priscus Ovibos moschatus Zimmermann 1780 muskox Ovibos moschatus suessenbornensis Praeovibos priscus Staudinger 1908 antelope "Soergelia elisabethae" = Soergelia mayfieldi Troxell 1915 antelope
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Stephanorhinus etruscus Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equidae indet., Equus altidens, "Equus suessenbornensis" = Equus (Sussemionus) suessenbornensis, "Equus suessenbornensis" = Equus (Sussemionus) suessenbornensis Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse teeth from a caballine horse Equus altidens horse "Equus suessenbornensis" = Equus (Sussemionus) suessenbornensis Wüst 1901 horse "Equus suessenbornensis" = Equus (Sussemionus) suessenbornensis Wüst 1901 horse
Rodentia - Castoridae	Castor fiber, Trogontherium cuvieri Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver Trogontherium cuvieri Owen 1846 beaver
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Mimomys savini, Microtus arvalinus, Microtus (Terricola) hintoni, Microtus (Stenocranius) gregaloides Mimomys savini vole Microtus arvalinus vole Microtus (Terricola) hintoni vole Microtus (Stenocranius) gregaloides vole
Rodentia - Gliridae	Glis glis Glis glis Linnaeus 1766 edible doormouse