Shoningen Germany (Pleistocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.0° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 49.0° N, 9.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• A canine of Homotherium was recovered from the site at Stein- heim an der Murr (Germany), from a well-documented layer dating to the end of the Holsteinian interglacial or beginning of the Saalian glaciation (Adam, 1961).

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Serangeli, T. V. Kolfschoten, B. M. Starkovich and I. Verheijen. 2015. The European saber-toothed cat (Homotherium latidens) found in the “Spear Horizon” at Schöningen (Germany). 89:172-180 [M. Uhen/J. So/J. So]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 189829: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Jeankyong So on 17.11.2017

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat