Where: Thüringen, Germany (51.0° N, 11.4° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 50.6° N, 11.7° E (Wright 2013)
• 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
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: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Anguis fragilis Linneaus 1758 Slow worm | |
Elaphe longissima Laurenti 1768 colubrid snake | |
Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 European pond turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Cricetus cricetus Linnaeus 1758 European hamster | |
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver | |
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Equus germanicus horse | |
"Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis" = Dihoplus kirchbergensis
"Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis" = Dihoplus kirchbergensis Jäger 1839 rhinoceros | |
Bison priscus Bojanus 1827 bison
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox | |
Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer
Alces alces Linnaeus 1758 moose
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
Dama dama Linnaeus 1758 fallow deer | |
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
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Lupus lupus canid | |
Crocuta spelaea spotted hyaena | |
"Panthera spelaea" = Panthera leo spelaea Goldfuss 1810 lion
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
Lynx lynx Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian lynx | |
Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847 elephant | |
Amphibia | |
Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad | |
Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758 common frog |