Ariendorf, Aufschluß B (outcrop B), Rinnenfüllung, R2: Middle Pleistocene, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Coelodonta antiquitatis
(Blumenbach 1799)
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Megaceros cf. giganteus
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| synonym of Megaloceros | |||||||
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Rangifer tarandus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| 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: | 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 section: | Rinnenfüllung | ||||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Channal fill may belong to Riss-glaciation. The channal fill is just above the Leubsdorfer terrace, which belong to the fourth last glaciation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown unlithified argillaceous,sandy,calcareous siltstone |
| Lithology description: slightly brown fine sandy loess | |
| Environment: | fine channel fill |
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: | 43017 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | S. Kuemmell |
| Modifier: | S. Kuemmell | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-08-09 07:49:28 | Last modified: | 2004-08-12 06:09:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-09 07:49:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11398. | 5% 10440 | 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] |