Randersacker, Würzburg: Pleistocene, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus trogontherii (Pohlig 1885)
Palaeoloxodon antiquus (Falconer and Cautley 1847)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium moravicum
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Ursus cf. deningeri Reichenau 1904
von Koenigswald and Heinrich 1999
Mammalia - Cervidae
Praemegaceros verticornis
    = ? Megaloceros (Praemegaceros) verticornis
von Koenigswald and Heinrich 1999
Capreolus sp. Gray 1821
    = Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758
von Koenigswald and Heinrich 1999
Cervus cf. elaphus Linnaeus 1758
    = ? Alces sp. Gray 1821
von Koenigswald and Heinrich 1999
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison schoetensacki
Bison priscus (Bojanus 1827)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus etruscus (Falconer 1868)
    = Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868
O'Regan 2003
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus mosbachensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bayern
Coordinates: 49.8° North, 10.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.8° North, 9.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Mittelmain-Komplex, Cromer-time, younger than the fauna of Mauer, older than the main fauna of Mosbach
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:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:48555
Authorizer:J. Alroy, A. Turner Enterer:S. Kuemmell, H. O'Regan
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-03-23 02:42:47 Last modified:2006-08-14 01:10:44
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-23 02:42:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12957.5% 25900G. Nobis. 1981. Equus mosbachensis v. REICHENAU aus Ablagerungen des cromerzeitlichen Mains von Randersacker bei Würzburg (Equus mosbachensis v. REICHENAU from sediments of the Main River in Randersacker close to Würzburg, Cromer-time). Quartärpaläontologie 4:93-104 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]

Secondary references:

9580PACED H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonomies of European mammals. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen]
9643PACED 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]