Voigtstedt bei Sangerhausen, Lehmzone: Middle Pleistocene, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Macroneomys brachygnathus
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Petauria voigtstedtensis
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus meridionalis
(Nesti 1825)
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Mammuthus meridionalis voigtstedtensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera cf. pardus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Felis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Homotherium moravicum
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela (Putorius) cf. eversmanni
(Lesson 1827)
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original and current combination Mustela eversmanni | ||||||||||
Lutra simplicidens
Thenius 1965
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Meles meles
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Meles meles cf. atavus | ||||||||||
Martes cf. martes
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus deningeri
Reichenau 1904
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis lupus
Linnaeus 1758
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Canis lupus mosbachensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus altidens
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Stephanorhinus etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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Sus scrofa ssp. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Alces latifrons
(Johnson 1874)
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recombined as Cervalces latifrons | ||||||||||
Cervus elephas
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Cervus elephas acoronatus | ||||||||||
"Cervus" sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Megaloceros (Praemegaceros) verticornis
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Megaloceros (Praemegaceros) sp.
Brookes 1828
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Praedama sp.
Portis 1920
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Capreolus suessenbornensis
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison schoetensacki
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Bison schoetensacki voigtstedtensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Sorex (Drepanosorex) cf. savini
Hinton 1911
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Sorex cf. runtonensis
Hinton 1911
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpa minor
Freudenberg 1914
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Desmana thermalis
Kormos 1930
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilus (Colobotis) dietrichi
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor fiber
Linnaeus 1758
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Trogontherium cuvieri
Owen 1846
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Apodemus flavicollis
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Cricetus cricetus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mimomys savini
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Clethrionomys cf. glareolus
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synonym of Myodes | ||||||||||
Microtus arvalinus
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Microtus ratticepoides
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Leporidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Lepus "terraerubrae"
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Lepus cf. 'terraerubrae' | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Macaca sylvanus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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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 |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.78100 - 0.12600 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] | |
13380 | PACED | 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] |