Karlich 'See-Ufer': Pleistocene, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| a large bovid. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas antiquus
Falconer and Cautley 1847
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4 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Palaeoloxodon antiquus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| Coordinates: | 50.5° North, 7.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.5° North, 7.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Regional section: | Neuwied Basin | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Date is disputed - either an inter-Saalian glacial (roughly 0.3-0.15Ma), or a Cromerian interglacial of similar age to Voigtstedt and Bilshausen (Early Middle Pleistocene), both correlations based on pollen. The 'brockentuff' is found directly below the archaeological layer, suggesting a correlation with Karlich layer H = Holsteinian (0.3ma). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: sand lens in clay-like deposit (interpreted from stratigraphic column, p. 229). |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | anthropogenic |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
| Collection method comments: Straight tusked elephant and wild pig are associated with interglacial temperate forest, but at this location there were more open conditions towards the end of an interglacial. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | See ufer | ||
| Database number: | 50193 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2005-05-10 05:48:16 | Last modified: | 2005-05-10 08:51:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-10 05:48:16 |
| 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] |