Also known as Kärlich Schicht E, 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 E is in the middle of the Karlich sequence (site goes to level Jb). Dated to earliest Middle Pleistocene (overlies the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary). Early Cromerian (zones 1-2), Late Biharian, similar to West Runton upper freshwater bed, Sussenborn, etc.
Environment/lithology: loess
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: There are two different mollusc assembalges in level E, the majority are characteristic of loess deposits and indicate cold glacial conditions, but a few samples from the base indicate more humid conditions - these are Lymnaea sp., Planorbis planorbis, Gyraulus laevis and Valvata pulchella.
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 36013: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 13.01.2004, edited by Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Pupilla muscorum Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Succinea oblonga amber snail | |
Vallonia tenuilabris slug
Vallonia costata slug | |
"Trichia hispida" = Trochulus
"Trichia hispida" = Trochulus slug | |
Mammalia | |
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Sorex (Drepanosorex) sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew | |
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758 European mole
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914 mole | |
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel | |
Mimomys savini, Mimomys sp., "Clethrionomys glareolus" = Myodes, Microtus (Terricola) gregaloides, Microtus (Terricola) cf. hintoni, Microtus sp., Microtus arvalis, Dicrostonyx sp., Pliomys episcopalis
Mimomys savini vole
"Clethrionomys glareolus" = Myodes vole
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Dicrostonyx sp. Gloger 1841 lemming
Pliomys episcopalis mouse | |
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. frog | |
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad |