Ariendorf, Aufschluß B (outcrop B), base of Löss-Decke III (LD III) (Pleistocene of Germany)

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

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• This collection belong to the basinal Löss-Decke III. Löss-Decke III (LD III) may belong to the Würm-glaciation. The basinal section then represents the Riss/Würm-interglacial.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: loess; unlithified, brown, gray, argillaceous, sandy siltstone

• Loess lies above the Leubsdorf terrace (terrace of Rhine River). In it's base the loess changed to loam.
• brown-gray silty argillaceous loam with some mould

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

• Fossil(s) in one of these museums: 1. Staatliches Amt für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Koblenz.

•2. Naturhistorisches Museum, Mainz. 3. Private collections

Primary reference: K. Brunnacker, H. Löhr, W. Boenigk, J. Puissegur, and F. Poplin. 1975. Quartär-Aufschlüsse bei Ariendorf am unteren Mittelrhein (Quaternary exposures at Ariendorf on the lower Middle Rhine). Mainzer naturwissenschaftliches Archiv 14:93-141 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 43015: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 09.08.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Molluscs also present.
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Coelodonta antiquitatis Blumenbach 1799 wooly rhino
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas primigenius" = Mammuthus primigenius
"Elephas primigenius" = Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach 1799 wooly mammoth