Ehringsdorf, Pariser Horizont: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Pelobates fuscus
Laurenti 1768
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana arvalis
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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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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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Salamandra salmandra
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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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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Elaphe longissima
Laurenti 1768
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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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
- Lacertidae
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Lacerta agilis
Linneaus 1758
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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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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Mammonteus primigenius
(Blumenbach 1799)
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= Mammuthus primigenius
Blumenbach 1799
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Guenther 1975 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Megaceros giganteus
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| synonym of Megaloceros | ||||||||||
| germaniae | ||||||||||
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Rangifer tarandus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison priscus
(Bojanus 1827)
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| 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
| Local section: | Pariser Horizont | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower Pleistocene. Kahlke 1975: Unterer Travertin-Pariser Horizont is the border between interglacial and the beginning of the last glaciation. Pariser Horizont-Oberer Travertin I (upper travertine I)-Pseudopariser Horizont- Oberer Travertin II (upper travertine II) represent the beginning of the last glaciation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 45067 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | S. Kuemmell, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-10-01 03:55:59 | Last modified: | 2006-08-14 01:10:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-10-01 03:55:59 |
| 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] |