Karlich level F, im Neuwieder Becken: Middle Pleistocene, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Columella columella
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Lymnaeidae
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Lymnaea stagnalis
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Planorbidae
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Planorbis planorbis
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Valloniidae
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Vallonia tenuilabris
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Vallonia costata
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Succineidae
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Succinea oblonga
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Hygromiidae
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Trichia hispida
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| synonym of Trochulus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Pupilla madida
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| spelled with current rank as Pupa (Pupilla) | ||||||||||
| Pupilla madida densegyrata | ||||||||||
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Pupilla muscorum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Sphaeriidae
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Sphaerium corneum
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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cf. Mammuthus (Archidiskodon) meridionalis
(Nesti 1825)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| 7 molars. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus cf. elephas
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| 1 mandible with incomplete tooth row and two astragali. | ||||||||||
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Praemegaceros verticornis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 large shed antler base. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| Bos or Bison sp. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilus sp.
Cuvier 1825
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Dicrostonyx sp.
Gloger 1841
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Mimomys cf. savini
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Microtus sp.
Schrank 1798
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Microtus arvalis
(Pallas 1779)
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Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| Coordinates: | 50.5° North, 7.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.5° North, 7.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local bed: | F | ||||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Regional section: | Neuwied Basin | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Level F in in the middle of the sequence (site goes 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. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: loess. | |
| Environment: | loess |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: cold, glacial conditions indicated by both Dicrostonyx and by the mollusca. Water was also nearby. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Kärlich Schicht F, im Neuwieder Becken Kaerlich | ||
| Database number: | 36015 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-01-13 08:45:51 | Last modified: | 2005-05-10 08:28:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-01-13 08:45:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13430. | PACED | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 9643 | PACED | W. von Koenigswald and W.-D. Heinrich. 1999. Mittelpleistozane Saugetierfaunen aus Mitteleuropa - der Versuch einer biostratigraphischen Zuordnung. Kaupia 9:53-112 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |