Jockgrim, Pfalz (Pleistocene of Germany)

Where: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (49.2° N, 8.3° E: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 8.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Middle Middle Pleistocene, same age as Mosbach 1. Oldest Arvicola cantianus fauna.

Environment/lithology:

• Clay pit.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: W. von Koenigswald and W.-D. Heinrich. 1999. Mittelpleistozane Saugetierfaunen aus Mitteleuropa - der Versuch einer biostratigraphischen Zuordnung. Kaupia 9:53-112 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50198: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 10.05.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Desmana thermalis Kormos 1930 Russian desman
Desmana thermalis jockgrimensis
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
Canis lupus mosbachensis
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus deningeri Reichenau 1904 bear
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison priscus Bojanus 1827 bison
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
"Alces latifrons" = Cervalces latifrons Johnson 1874 stag moose
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus ? etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver
Trogontherium cuvieri Owen 1846 beaver
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus trogontherii Pohlig 1885 mammoth
Mammuthus meridionalis Nesti 1825 mammoth