Ehringsdorf, Unterer Travertin (Lower Travertine): Early/Lower Pleistocene, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana temporaria
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo bufo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Rana bufo | ||||||||||
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Bufo viridis
Laurenti 1768
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Hylidae
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Hyla arborea
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Rana arborea | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Triturus vulgaris
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Triturus cristatus
Fitzinger 1843
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Coronella austriaca
Laurenti 1768
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Natrix natrix
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Vipera berus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Vipera (Pelias) berus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Anguis fragilis
Linneaus 1758
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Palaeoloxodon antiquus
(Falconer and Cautley 1847)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus cf. spelaeus
Rosenmüller 1794
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Martes martes
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Meles meles
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Lupus lupus
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Vulpes vulpes
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Lynx lynx
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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? Dicerorhinus hemitoechus
(Falconer 1868)
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| recombined as Stephanorhinus hemitoechus | ||||||||||
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Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis
(Jäger 1839)
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| recombined as Dihoplus kirchbergensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Alces alces
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Megaceros giganteus
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| synonym of Megaloceros | ||||||||||
| ssp: germaniae | ||||||||||
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Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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Capreolus capreolus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison priscus
(Bojanus 1827)
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Bos primigenius
Bojanus 1827
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor fiber
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| 1 neanderthalid, 1 similar to sapiens | ||||||||||
| 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: | 2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Unterer Travertin | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower Pleistocene; According to the fauna the deposition was during the late phase of an interglacial. After Guenther 1975 it is Eem-interglacial or the beginning of the following Weichsel-glaciation. Kahlke 1975: Unterer Travertin-Pariser Horizont is the border between interglacial and the beginning of the new glaciation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | travertine |
| Lithology description: travertine | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
| Geology comments: travertine | |
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: | 45065 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | S. Kuemmell, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-10-01 03:52:38 | Last modified: | 2008-12-16 20:26:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-10-01 03:52:38 |
| 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] | |
| 11731 | 5% 36260 | H.-D. Kahlke. 1975. Zur chronologischen Stellung der Travertine von Weimar-Ehringsdorf; zur biostratigraphischen Grenze zwischen Interglazial und Glazial im mitteleuropäischen Kontinentalbereich auf der Grundlage der Großsäugerassoziationen (The chronologic sequence of the travertines from Weimar-Ehringsdorf). Abhandlungen des zentralen geologischen Instituts 23(2):591-596 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell] |