Karlich level G, im Neuwieder Becken: Middle Pleistocene, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Eliomys quercinus
Linnaeus 1766
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Pliomys episcopalis
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Cricetus major
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Cricetus cricetus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Allocricetus bursae
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Clethrionomys glareolus
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Microtus (Terricola) arvalidens
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Microtus (Terricola) gregaloides
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Microtus sp.
Schrank 1798
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| Microtus arvalis/agrestis | ||||||||||
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Microtus gregalis
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Apodemus sp.
Kaup 1829
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| Apodemus sylvaticus/ Apodemus aff. maastrichtensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Sicista sp.
Gray 1827
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciuridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Alces sp.
Gray 1821
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cf. Dama sp.
Frisch 1775
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 lower M3? of a smaller cervid resembling fallow deer. | ||||||||||
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Cervus cf. elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| 2 lower molars. | ||||||||||
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Praemegaceros verticornis
Dawkins 1872
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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
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus informal sp. 1
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| caballine. partial skeleton. | ||||||||||
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Equus informal sp. 2
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| primitive form. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpa europaea
Linnaeus 1758
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Talpa minor
Freudenberg 1914
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Sorex (Drepanosorex) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephantidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Lacerta vivipara
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Lacerta sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Lacerta agilis
Linneaus 1758
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Anguis fragilis
Linneaus 1758
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Triturus helveticus
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Triturus cristatus
Fitzinger 1843
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Triturus vulgaris
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Bufo bufo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Arianta arbustorum
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Perforatella bidentata
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Pupilla muscorum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Hygromiidae
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Trichia hispida
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Valloniidae
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Vallonia costata
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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: | 0.774 - 0.129 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local bed: | G | ||||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Regional section: | Neuwied Basin | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Level G is towards the top of the sequence (site goes level Jb). Middle Middle Pleistocene, Arvicola cantianus, Cromerian interglacial III, roughly 500,000BP. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: loess. | |
| Environment: | loess |
| Geology comments: There are two levels Ga and Gb, both are loess, with a hiatus between them and two levels of basalt tuff. | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Sparse mollusc fauna, indicative of cold climatic conditions and a rather humid environment. Over 2,500 identifiable micromammal specimens have been collected, after processing several tons of sediment. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:There are two levels Ga and Gb, but the micromammal, mollusca and macrofauna are not subdivided, with the exception of Equus sp. and cervidae indet. in Ga, both of which are found in Gb as well. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Kärlich Schicht G, im Neuwieder Becken Kaerlich | ||
| Database number: | 50049 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | H. O'Regan, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2005-05-05 05:27:45 | Last modified: | 2005-05-10 08:29:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-05 05:27:45 |
| 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:
| 66368 | J. A. Holman. 1998. Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles in Britain and Europe. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics 1-265 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |