Paleolithic, Biache-Saint-Vaast, Pas-de-Calais: Holocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Fagaceae
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Quercus sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Betulaceae
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Betula sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Pinopsida
- Pinales
- Pinaceae
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Pinus sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo neandertalensis
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis
(Jäger 1839)
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recombined as Dihoplus kirchbergensis | |||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Megaceros sp.
Owen 1844
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synonym of Megaloceros | |||||||
Capreolus capreolus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bos primigenius
Bojanus 1827
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis lupus
Linnaeus 1758
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | France |
Coordinates: | 50.3° North, 3.0° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 50.3° North, 3.0° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Altitude: | 46 meters |
Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Saalien interglacial stage |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | tuffaceous,yellow unlithified sandstone | ||
Secondary lithology: | paleosol/pedogenic unlithified siltstone | ||
Includes fossils? | Y | ||
Includes fossils? | Y | ||
Environment: | "channel" | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,trace,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Abundance in sediment: | common |
Articulated whole bodies: | none |
Associated major elements: | none |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | ichnofossils |
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,chemical,mechanical,sieve,field collection |
Rock censused: | 3000000 cm2 (area) |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 59150 | ||
Authorizer: | L. Villier | Enterer: | L. Villier |
Modifier: | L. Villier | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-03-16 07:41:11 | Last modified: | 2006-03-16 09:53:36 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-03-16 07:41:11 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
16894. | A. Tuffreau, J. Chaline, A. Munaut, J.F. Piningre, F. Poplin, J.J. Puissegur, J. Somme and B. Vandermeersch. 1978. Premiers résultats de l'étude du gisement paléolithique de Biache-Saint-Vaast (Pas-de-Calais). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences Paris, Série D - Sciences Naturelles 286(6):457-459 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier] |