Sackdillinger Cave (Pleistocene of Germany)
Where: Heidelberg, Germany (49.4° N, 8.7° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 49.2° N, 8.9° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Neckars Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
• Fossils found in reinforced red quarz sand
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: F. Heller. 1955. Ein kleiner Bar (Ursus sackdillingensis n. sp.) in der cromerischen Fauna der Sackdillinger-Hohle (Oberpfalz). Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palantologie 12:520-530 [J. Hunter/M. Hall/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34411: authorized by John Hunter, entered by Meg Hall on 30.08.2003, edited by Evangelos Vlachos
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Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
Ursus sackdillingensis n. sp.
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| Amphibia | |
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Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad | |
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Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758 common frog | |