Artenac 'Bed 7', Commune de Saint-Mary, Charente,: Late/Upper Pleistocene, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus hydruntinus
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758
Equus caballus ssp.
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovinae indet. (Gray 1821)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
Crocuta crocuta spelaea
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Meles sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Canis lupus lupus
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus gregalis
Microtus oeconomus (Pallas 1776)
Microtus arvalis (Pallas 1779)
Arvicola terrestris (Linnaeus 1758)
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 45.7° North, 0.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.6° North, 0.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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
Member:5
Local bed:7
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: There are five members at this site ranging in age from the Middle to Upper Pleistocene. Members 1-3 (beds I-V) are Middle Pleistocene levels, the Upper Pleistocene is represented by Members 4-5 (beds 5-10). Bed 7 is ?Stage 5, temperate to cold.
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: Towards the north in this bed is a bone bed. It is also rich in little stones.
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:anthropogenic,bone collector
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:archaeological analysis
Collection method comments: This material is still under study.
Metadata
Also known as:Artenac-en-Charente
Database number:43630
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-08-17 07:43:39 Last modified:2004-08-17 10:43:39
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-17 07:43:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11457.PACED A. Delagnes, J.-F. Tournepiche, D. Armand, E. Desclaux, M.-F. Diot, C. Ferrier, V. Le Fillatre and B. Vandermeersch. 1999. Le gisement Pleistocene moyen et superieur d'Artenac (Saint-Mary, Charent): premier bilan interdisciplinaire. Bulletin de la Societe Prehistorique Francaise 96(4):469-496 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]