Weimar, Unterer Travertin (Lower Travertine): Early Pleistocene, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor fiber
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Capreolus capreolus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Dama dama
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison priscus
(Bojanus 1827)
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis
(Jäger 1839)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes vulpes
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus cf. arctos
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis silvestris
Schreber 1777
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Palaeoloxodon antiquus
(Falconer and Cautley 1847)
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Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Thüringen |
| Coordinates: | 51.0° North, 11.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.0° North, 11.1° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.774 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Unterer Travertin | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower Pleistocene |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | hardground travertine |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
| Geology comments: travertine | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 45085 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | S. Kuemmell |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-10-04 04:31:11 | Last modified: | 2008-12-16 20:25:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-10-04 04:31:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11725. | 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] |