Ariendorf, Aufschluß B (outcrop B), base of Löss-Decke III (LD III): Late/Upper Pleistocene, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas primigenius
Blumenbach 1799
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recombined as Mammuthus primigenius | |||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus caballus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Coelodonta antiquitatis
(Blumenbach 1799)
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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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 |
Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Local section: | Löss-Decke (LD III) | Local bed: | III | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: This collection belong to the basinal Löss-Decke III. Löss-Decke III (LD III) may belong to the Würm-glaciation. The basinal section then represents the Riss/Würm-interglacial. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | brown,gray unlithified argillaceous,sandy siltstone |
Lithology description: brown-gray silty argillaceous loam with some mould | |
Environment: | loess |
Geology comments: Loess lies above the Leubsdorf terrace (terrace of Rhine River). In it's base the loess changed to loam. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
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: | 43015 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | S. Kuemmell |
Modifier: | S. Kuemmell | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-08-09 07:32:42 | Last modified: | 2004-08-12 06:19:08 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-09 07:32:42 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
11398. | 5% 10440 | K. 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] |