The Network on Quaternary Mammalian Faunas was approved by the ESF Executive Council in September 1990 and launched in January 1991. it was completed in mid-1993. An ESF Scientific Programme on "Climate and Fauna: a Database for Quaternary mammals in Europe" was then proposed.
The Chairman was Professor Wighart von Koenigswald from the University of Bonn.

The dossier contains documents concerning the Coordination Committee meetings: proposal for a Network on Quaternary Mammalian Faunas; first meeting of the Coordination Committee, Strasbourg, 14-15 Feb 1991: programme and minutes. Second meeting of the Coordination Committee, Strasbourg, 25 Feb 1992: programme; minutes; "Quaternary mammal fauna databank (Data model)", report 1 by Werdelin, Mayhew, Graham, Fortelius, van der Meulen, Brunet-Lecomte, 1992. Third meeting of the Coordination Committee, Dijon, 4 Sep 1992: agenda, minutes. Fourth meeting of the Coordination Committee, Sant Feliu, 23-24 April 1993: minutes.

The dossier contains documents concerning workshops of the Network on Quaternary Mammalian Faunas: correspondence; first workshop on "Mammalian migration and dispersal events in the European Quaternary", held in Andernach, on 31 Oct – 3 Nov 1991: list of participants (1 photograph); correspondence; excursion guide; papers by G. Storch, E. Tsoukala, R.D. Kahlke, K. Aaris-Sørensen; programme; abstract of the workshop with papers (draft for final publication).
Documents concerning the second workshop on "Modes and tempos of evolution in the Quaternary, held in Dijon, on 4-6 Sep 1992: correspondence; list of participants; abstract of the workshop and papers (draft for publication): "Modes and tempos of evolution in the Quaternary".
Documents concerning the third workshop on "Influence of climate on faunal evolution in the Quaternary", held in San Feliu (Spain), on 22-25 April 1993: correspondence; programme; list of participants.

Final report of the Network and evaluation.

English, French, German

Photograph, Textual