ammonites
Ehringsdorf, Oberer Travertin I (Upper Travertine I) (Pleistocene of Germany)

Where: Thüringen, Germany (51.0° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 11.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oberer Travertin I Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Lower Pleistocene. Kahlke 1975: Pariser Horizont-Oberer Travertin I (upper travertine I)-Pseudopariser Horizont- Oberer Travertin II (upper travertine II) represent the beginning of the last glaciation.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; travertine

• travertine
• travertine

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: 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] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45069: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 01.10.2004

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