Ehringsdorf, Pseudopariser Horizont (Pleistocene of Germany)

Where: Thüringen, Germany (51.0° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 11.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Lower Pleistocene. Kahlke 1975: Pariser Horizont-Oberer Travertin I (upper travertine I)-Pseudopariser Horizont- Oberer Travertin II (upper travertine II) represent the beginning of the last glaciation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

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 45068: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 01.10.2004

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutra lutra, "Putorius putorius" = Mustela putorius
Lutra lutra Linnaeus 1758 European otter
"Putorius putorius" = Mustela putorius Linnaeus 1758 European polecat
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Coelodonta antiquitatis Blumenbach 1799 wooly rhino
 Rodentia - Muridae
Mus sp. Linnaeus 1758 house mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus arvalis Pallas 1779 common vole
arvalis or agrestis
 Rodentia - Gliridae
"Myoxus glis" = Glis glis
"Myoxus glis" = Glis glis Linnaeus 1766 edible doormouse