Ehringsdorf, Oberer Travertin I (Upper Travertine I) (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: Oberer Travertin I Formation, 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.

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 45069: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 01.10.2004, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguis fragilis2 Linneaus 1758 Slow worm
 Squamata - Natricidae
Natrix natrix2 Linnaeus 1758 water snake
 Squamata - Colubridae
Coronella austriaca2 Laurenti 1768 smooth snake
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Putorius eversmanni" = Mustela eversmanni, Martes martes
"Putorius eversmanni" = Mustela eversmanni Lesson 1827 weasel
Martes martes Linnaeus 1758 European pine marten
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus cf. spelaeus Rosenmüller 1794 cave bear
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
? Crocuta spelaea spotted hyaena
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer
? Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer
"Megaceros giganteus" = Megaloceros Irish elk
ssp: germaniae
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Asinus hydruntinus" = Equus
"Asinus hydruntinus" = Equus horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Coelodonta antiquitatis Blumenbach 1799 wooly rhino
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus primigenius1 Blumenbach 1799 wooly mammoth