WHOLE VOL. SKELETAL REMAINS OF EARLY MAN HRDLICKA 233 



fed by mineral springs. The process of the Iniildinj^ of the deposits 

 was evidently very gradual, leaving an ample opportunity for human 

 habitation about the ixjols. The German geologists ascribe the lower 

 layers of the travertin to the last (Riss-Wiirm) interglacial ; the 

 upper limestone layers are doubtless more recent. 



Fauna. — The most comprehensive details as to the fauna (and also 

 the rather abundant flora) of the Ehringsdorf and neighboring traver- 

 tin deposits, are given, largely after Soergel,' by F. Wiegers (1928).' 

 From these it is seen that the fauna of the lower layers, beneath the 

 " Pariser," differs somewhat from that of the strata above. The main 

 mammalian forms in the two are as follows : 



liOWer strata 



Rhinoceros mcrckii. 



Rhinoceros tichorhinus (in the under- 

 lying marl and gravel, Soergel).'' 



Elephas antiquns. 



Mammoth (marl and gravel, to lowest 

 limestone, Soergel).'' 



Bison priscns (Bison). 



Bos primigenius (Auroch). 



Cerznis elaphus (Stag). 



Cave lion. 



Cave hyena. 



Cave bear. 



Brown bear (U. arctos). 



Canis lupus (Wolf). 



Catiis vulpes (Fox). 



I'pper strata 

 Diccrorhinus hcmitacchus. 

 Rhinoceros tichorhinus. 



Mammoth. 

 Bison priscns. 

 Bos primigenius. 

 Cervus elaphus. 



Equus aheli (Wild Horse). 



Reindeer. 



Equus hcmionus (Small Wild Ass). 



Beaver. 



Lutra Ultra (Fish Otter). 



Sus scrofa ant. (Wild Boar). 



Cervus dama (Fallow Deer). 



Cervus megaccros germ. (Giant Stag). 



Cervus alecs (Elk). 



Cervus capreolus (Roe-Buck). 



Felis catus (Wild Cat). 



Felis lynx (Lynx). 



Mcles meles (Badger). 



Mtistcla martes (Marten). 



Lutra lutra. 



Puforius put. (Weasel). 



Cervus megaccros germ. (Giant Stag). 

 Cervus capreolus (Roe-Buck). 



* Soergel, W., Excursion ins Travcrtingebiet von Ehringsdorf. Paleont. Zeit- 

 schr., pp. 7-33, 1926. 



"In the joint publication, Der Schadelfund von Weimar-Ehringsdorf, p. 18 

 et seq., G. Fischer, Jena, 1928. 



' Ibid., p. 9- 



'Close to if not identical with, Rhinoceros mcrckii: see ibid., p. 20. 



