Lindenthal hyena cave
| Lindenthal hyena cave
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| Location: | Gera , Germany | |
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Geographic location: |
50 ° 51 '52.2 " N , 12 ° 5' 14.9" E | |
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| Discovery: | 1874 | |
| Particularities: | Fossil site | |
The Lindenthaler hyenas cave was an in -Eemian and the Vistula-Ice Age populated cave in today's city of Gera . It was discovered during quarry work in 1874 and was dismantled a short time later. The excavations after the discovery were directed by Karl Theodor Liebe . In the cave and on the forecourt, the remains of wild horses , cave hyenas , fur rhinos , but also of cave bears , cave lions , mammoths , aurochs and reindeer were found . The cave got its name from the municipality of Lindenthal (on whose territory it was located) and the fact that all animal bones were gnawed by cave hyenas.
A plaque in Pfortener Straße reminds of this cave.