Ehringsdorf, Loess above Travertine II (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; most probably last glaciation.

Environment/lithology: loess; unlithified, silty marl

• loess

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 45072: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 01.10.2004, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus primigenius1 Blumenbach 1799 wooly mammoth
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bos sp. Linnaeus 1758 ox
or Bison sp.
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Coelodonta antiquitatis Blumenbach 1799 wooly rhino
Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguis fragilis2 Linneaus 1758 Slow worm
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta vivipara2 squamates
 Squamata - Crotalidae
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus2
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus2 Linnaeus 1758 common adder
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Triturus vulgaris2 Linnaeus 1758 smooth newt
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo viridis2 Laurenti 1768 European green toad
Bufo bufo2 Linnaeus 1758 toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana temporaria2 Linnaeus 1758 common frog