Karlich level D/E elephant, im Neuwieder Becken: Middle 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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Elephantidae indet.
Gray 1821
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| a skull fragment with very worn upper molar and a point of a tusk. | ||||||||||
| 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 |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local bed: | D/E | ||||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Levels D/E are the fourth to fifth lowest level (site goes up to level Jb). Dated to earliest Middle Pleistocene (overlies the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary). Early Cromerian (zones 1-2), Late Biharian, similar to West Runton upper freshwater bed, Sussenborn, etc. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: loess |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Unstratified Elephantidae fossils from either level D or E. No other mammalian fauna is recorded in level D. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Kärlich Schicht D/E, im Neuwieder Becken Kaerlich | ||
| Database number: | 36011 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-01-13 08:38:03 | Last modified: | 2005-05-10 08:26:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-01-13 08:38:03 |
| 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] |