Also known as Meuse Levels, Beer canal
Where: Netherlands (52.0° N, 4.1° E: paleocoordinates 52.0° N, 4.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: salvage,
• dredge spoils
Primary reference: Y. Vervoort-Kerkhoff and T. van Kolfschoten. 1988. Pleistocene and Holocene mammalian faunas from the Maasvlakete near Rotterdam (The Netherlands). Meded. Werkgr. Tert. Kwart. Geol 25(1):87-98 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 109703: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.05.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758 narhwal | |
Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer
Dama dama Linnaeus 1758 fallow deer
Megaloceros giganteus Blumenbach 1799 Irish elk | |
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
Bison priscus Bojanus 1827 bison | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Panthera leo spelaea Goldfuss 1810 lion | |
Crocuta crocuta spelaea Goldfuss 1823 spotted hyaena | |
Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach 1799 wooly mammoth |