Artenac 'Bed 5', Commune de Saint-Mary, Charente,: Late/Upper Pleistocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus caballus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Rangifer tarandus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Meles meles
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis lupus
Linnaeus 1758
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Vulpini indet.
Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1832
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| Vulpes/Alopex | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Poitou-Charentes |
| 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: | 5 | ||
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
| 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 5 is the top-most of the sequence and is though to be ?Stage 4, temperate to cold. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: Sediments sometimes 'indure' with small concentrations and lenses of pebbles. The top was sealed by a collapse of large blocks. | |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | anthropogenic |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
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: | 43632 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-08-17 08:12:05 | Last modified: | 2004-08-17 11:12:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-17 08:12:05 |
| 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] |