Voigtstedt bei Sangerhausen, Oberen Kiesen: Middle Pleistocene, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus trogontherii
(Pohlig 1885)
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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. The site dates to the Middle Pleistocene and the upper gravels follow the deposits of the Voigtstedt Warmzeit. |
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Collection method comments: The only fauna from the upper gravels is the Mammoth (Mammuthus trogontherii). The site represents faunal change from M. trogontherii in the lower gravels (= cold stage) to M. meridionalis (Loam zone = warm stage) and back to M. trogontherii. |
Metadata
Also known as: | Voigtstedt upper gravels | ||
Database number: | 36207 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2004-01-19 04:30:09 | Last modified: | 2004-01-19 06:30:46 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-01-19 04:30:09 |
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] |