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

Where: Thüringen, Germany (51.0° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 11.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Early Pleistocene

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; travertine

• 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 43020: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 09.08.2004, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758 common frog
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Elaphe longissima Laurenti 1768 colubrid snake
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguis fragilis Linneaus 1758 Slow worm
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 European pond turtle
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847 elephant
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758 brown bear
ssp: taubachensis
 Carnivora - Canidae
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta spelaea spotted hyaena
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Panthera spelaea" = Panthera leo spelaea Goldfuss 1810 lion
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
Lynx lynx Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian lynx
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus taubachensis horse
it is listed in brackets (Equus taubachensis FREUDENBERG)
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
"Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis" = Dihoplus kirchbergensis
"Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis" = Dihoplus kirchbergensis Jäger 1839 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Alces alces Linnaeus 1758 moose
"Megaceros giganteus" = Megaloceros Irish elk
ssp: germaniae
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
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetus cricetus Linnaeus 1758 European hamster
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human
neanderthalid