Voigtstedt bei Sangerhausen, Unteren Kiesen: Middle Pleistocene, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus trogontherii
(Pohlig 1885)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| 1 skeleton. | ||||||||||
| 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 are dated to the early Middle Pleistocene. |
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: The mammoth skeleton was originally reported as being from the upper gravels, but its appears to be from the lower gravels and dates to a (something) cold period (Helme-Kaltzeit).
The skeleton was found between 1930-1932 and is now in Sangerhausen. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Voigtstedt Lower gravels | ||
| Database number: | 36205 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-01-19 03:49:10 | Last modified: | 2004-01-19 06:01:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-01-19 03:49:10 |
| 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] |