Karlich level B, im Neuwieder Becken: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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cf. Mammuthus trogontherii
(Pohlig 1885)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 molar. Unit Ba. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Praeovibos priscus
Staudinger 1908
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| lower M2 and M3. Unit Bb. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Arvicolidae
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Ungaromys sp.
Kormos 1932
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 rooted small M3. Unit Bb. | ||||||||||
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= Arvicolidae indet.
Gray 1821
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van Kolfschoten and Turner 1996 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Arvicolinae | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| Coordinates: | 50.5° North, 7.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.5° North, 7.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local bed: | B | ||||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Regional section: | Neuwied Basin | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Level B is the second to lowest level (site goes level Jb). Dated to Latest Lower Pleistocene - Palaeomagnetism suggests between the Jaramillo event and the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary (present at the top of bed Bb). Cromerian zone I, Biharian. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: Riverine Gravels. Those in level Ba contain ice wedges. | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
| Geology comments: Clay pit. There are two stratigraphic layers in level B - Ba and Bb, the fauna is sparse and both levels are listed together. The levels are separated by a paleosol. | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Fauna at Karlich dates from the late Early Pleistocene to the Holocene. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:The fauna from units Ba and Bb are indicated in the notes field. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Kärlich Schicht B, im Neuwieder Becken, Kaerlich | ||
| Database number: | 36006 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-01-13 08:17:35 | Last modified: | 2005-05-10 08:21:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-01-13 08:17:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13430. | PACED | T. van Kolfschoten and E. Turner. 1996. Early Middle Pleistocene mammalian faunas from Karlich (Kaerlich) and Miesenheim I and their biostratigraphical implications. In C. Turner , ed., The early Middle Pleistocene in Europe, Balkema, Rotterdam 227-253 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
| 9643 | PACED | W. von Koenigswald and W.-D. Heinrich. 1999. Mittelpleistozane Saugetierfaunen aus Mitteleuropa - der Versuch einer biostratigraphischen Zuordnung. Kaupia 9:53-112 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |