Maasvlakte, Fauna II: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Netherlands

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Spermophilus cf. undulatus
Coelondonta antiquitatis
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus primigenius (Blumenbach 1799)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
subspecies spelaea
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
subspecies spelaea
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
van Kolfschoten and Vervoort-Kerkhoff 2010
Mammalia - Cetacea - Monodontidae
Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cervidae
Dama dama (Linnaeus 1758)
van Kolfschoten and Vervoort-Kerkhoff 2010
Megaloceros giganteus (Blumenbach 1799)
Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison priscus (Bojanus 1827)
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827
van Kolfschoten and Vervoort-Kerkhoff 2010
see common names

Geography
Country:Netherlands
Coordinates: 52.0° North, 4.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:52.0° North, 4.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:salvage,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: dredge spoils
Metadata
Also known as:Meuse Levels, Beer canal
Database number:109703
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-05-23 03:29:16 Last modified:2011-05-22 13:44:40
Access level:the public Released:2011-05-23 03:29:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

36257. Y. Vervoort-Kerkhoff and T. van Kolfschoten. 1988. Pleistocene and Holocene mammalian faunas from the Maasvlakete near Rotterdam (The Netherlands). Meded. Werkgr. Tert. Kwart. Geol 25(1):87-98 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

39450 T. van Kolfschoten and Y. Vervoort-Kerkhoff. 2010. Maasvlakte I - Bronvan informatie voor paleontologen en archeologen. Cranium 27(2):58-62 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]