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

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas primigenius Blumenbach 1799
recombined as Mammuthus primigenius
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blumenbach 1799)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Rheinland-Pfalz
Coordinates: 50.5° North, 7.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.5° North, 7.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Löss-Decke (LD III) Local bed: III
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 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.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,gray unlithified argillaceous,sandy siltstone
Lithology description: brown-gray silty argillaceous loam with some mould
Environment:loess
Geology comments: Loess lies above the Leubsdorf terrace (terrace of Rhine River). In it's base the loess changed to loam.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Fossil(s) in one of these museums: 1. Staatliches Amt für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Koblenz.
2. Naturhistorisches Museum, Mainz. 3. Private collections
Taxonomic list comments:Molluscs also present.
Metadata
Database number:43015
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:S. Kuemmell
Modifier:S. Kuemmell Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-08-09 07:32:42 Last modified:2004-08-12 06:19:08
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-09 07:32:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11398.5% 10440K. 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]