Ehringsdorf, basis of Unteren Travertin (Lower Travertine): Early/Lower Pleistocene, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emys orbicularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Natrix natrix
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
Elaphe longissima
Laurenti 1768
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammonteus primigenius
(Blumenbach 1799)
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= Mammuthus primigenius
Blumenbach 1799
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Guenther 1975 | |||||||||
some of them are ssp: trogontherii | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Coelodonta antiquitatis
(Blumenbach 1799)
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana arvalis
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Germany | State/province: | Thüringen |
Coordinates: | 51.0° North, 11.3° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 51.0° North, 11.2° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58800 - 0.78100 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Local section: | Basis des Unteren Travertin | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Lower Pleistocene Deposition of the sediments during glacial (pebbles of the Ilm), most probably Riß-glacial and the beginning of the following Interglacial (marl) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | unlithified conglomerate |
Secondary lithology: | marl |
Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 45063 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | S. Kuemmell, E. Vlachos |
Modifier: | S. Kuemmell | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-10-01 03:45:55 | Last modified: | 2004-10-04 08:23:02 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-10-01 03:45:55 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
11725. | H.-D. Kahlke. 1958. Die jungpleistozänen Säugetierfaunen aus dem Travertingebiet von Taubach-Weimar-Ehringsdorf (The Early Plestocene mammalian fauna from the travetin-area of Taubach-Weimar-Ehringsdorf). Alt-Thüringen 3:97-130 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell] |
Secondary references:
11726 | E. W. Guenther. 1975. Die Backenzähne der Elefanten von Ehringsdorf bei Weimar (The chewing teeth of elefants from Ehringsdorf, Weimar). Abhandlungen des zentralen geologischen Instituts, Paläonologische Ahandlungen 23(2):399-441 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell] | |
66368 | J. A. Holman. 1998. Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles in Britain and Europe. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics 1-265 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |