Ariendorf, Aufschluß B (outcrop B), Rinnenfüllung, R1: Middle Pleistocene, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas trogontherii Pohlig 1885
recombined as Mammuthus trogontherii
ssp. primigenius
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Rheinland-Pfalz
Coordinates: 50.5° North, 7.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.5° North, 7.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.78100 - 0.12600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Rinnenfüllung
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Channal fill may belong to Riss-glaciation.

Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown unlithified argillaceous,sandy,calcareous siltstone
Lithology description: slightly brown fine sandy loess
Environment:fine channel fill
Geology comments: The channal fill is on the base of the loess-cover of a Rhine-terrace (Leubsdorfer Terrasse).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated minor elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Fossil(s) in one of these museums: 1. Staatliches Amt für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Koblenz.
2. Naturhistorisches Museum, Mainz. 3. Private collections
Taxonomic list comments:Molluscs also present.
Metadata
Database number:43012
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:S. Kuemmell
Modifier:S. Kuemmell Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-08-09 07:03:49 Last modified:2004-08-12 06:11:06
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-09 07:03:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11398.5% 10440K. Brunnacker, H. Löhr, W. Boenigk, J. Puissegur, and F. Poplin. 1975. Quartär-Aufschlüsse bei Ariendorf am unteren Mittelrhein (Quaternary exposures at Ariendorf on the lower Middle Rhine). Mainzer naturwissenschaftliches Archiv 14:93-141 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]