Untermassfeld squares Q47-48, Q157-158, and Q 194-195: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison menneri
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Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Untermassfeld | County: | Taubach |
| Coordinates: | 50.5° North, 10.4° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.6° North, 10.2° East |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified muddy mudstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 190087 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | E. Velasquez |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | ||
| Created: | 2017-11-27 17:37:57 | Last modified: | 2017-11-28 10:40:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-11-27 17:37:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63927. | E.N. Van Asperen and R.D. Kahlke. 2017. Dietary traits of the late early Pleistocene bison menneri (Bovidae, mammalian) from its type site Untermassfeld ( central Germany) and the problem of Pleistocene 'wood bison'. Quaternary Science Reviews 177:299-313 [M. Uhen/E. Velasquez ] |