Also known as Kärlich Schicht G, im Neuwieder Becken Kaerlich

Where: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (50.5° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 50.5° N, 7.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Level G is towards the top of the sequence (site goes level Jb). Middle Middle Pleistocene, Arvicola cantianus, Cromerian interglacial III, roughly 500,000BP.

Environment/lithology: loess

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Sparse mollusc fauna, indicative of cold climatic conditions and a rather humid environment. Over 2,500 identifiable micromammal specimens have been collected, after processing several tons of sediment.

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50049: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 05.05.2005, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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