Voigtstedt bei Sangerhausen, Lehmzone: Middle Pleistocene, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Macroneomys brachygnathus
Petauria voigtstedtensis
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus meridionalis (Nesti 1825)
Mammuthus meridionalis voigtstedtensis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus altidens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus etruscus (Falconer 1868)
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus elephas
Cervus elephas acoronatus
"Cervus" sp. Linnaeus 1758
Alces latifrons (Johnson 1874)
recombined as Cervalces latifrons
Capreolus suessenbornensis
Megaloceros (Praemegaceros) verticornis
Megaloceros (Praemegaceros) sp. Brookes 1828
Praedama sp. Portis 1920
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison schoetensacki
Bison schoetensacki voigtstedtensis
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
Sus scrofa ssp.
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera cf. pardus (Linnaeus 1758)
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Homotherium moravicum
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus deningeri Reichenau 1904
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)
Meles meles cf. atavus
Mustela (Putorius) cf. eversmanni (Lesson 1827)
original and current combination Mustela eversmanni
Martes cf. martes (Linnaeus 1758)
Lutra simplicidens Thenius 1965
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Canis lupus mosbachensis
Mammalia - Talpidae
Desmana thermalis Kormos 1930
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Sorex cf. runtonensis Hinton 1911
Sorex (Drepanosorex) cf. savini Hinton 1911
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Lepus "terraerubrae"
Lepus cf. 'terraerubrae'
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus (Colobotis) dietrichi
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Trogontherium cuvieri Owen 1846
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Clethrionomys cf. glareolus
synonym of Myodes
Mimomys savini
Microtus arvalinus
Microtus ratticepoides
Cricetus cricetus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus flavicollis
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Macaca sylvanus (Linnaeus 1758)
Stuart 1995
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Sachsen-Anhalt
Coordinates: 51.4° North, 11.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.4° North, 11.3° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Chibanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Three levels with fauna recorded, the lower gravels (unteren Kiesen), The loam zone (Lehmzone), and the upper gravels (Oberen Kiesen). The lower gravels are the lowest level and represent a cold period. The Middle level (Lehmzone) is a warm period = Early Middle Pleistocene, the Voigtstedt-Warmzeit, definitely the Brunhes Chron.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: The Loam zone contains the most species and represents a warm period (the Voigtstedt-Warmzeit).
Metadata
Also known as:Voigtstedt Loam zone, Voigtstedt clay level
Database number:36206
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:PACED
Created:2004-01-19 04:08:22 Last modified:2022-10-04 11:28:33
Access level:the public Released:2004-01-19 04:08:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9643.PACED 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]

Secondary references:

82759 M. Cherin. 2017. New material of Lutra simplicidens (Carnivora, Mustelidae, Lutrinae), a key taxon fro understanding the evolution of European otters. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 123(3):433-441 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
13380PACED A. J. Stuart. 1995. Insularity and Quaternary vertebrate faunas in Britain and Ireland. In R. C. Preece, ed., Island Britain: a Quaternary perspective. Geological Society Special Publication No. 96, London. 111-125 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]