Paleolithic, Biache-Saint-Vaast, Pas-de-Calais: Holocene, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo neandertalensis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis (Jäger 1839)
recombined as Dihoplus kirchbergensis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cervidae
Megaceros sp. Owen 1844
synonym of Megaloceros
Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus 1758)
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
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]