Where: France (50.3° N, 3.0° E: paleocoordinates 50.3° N, 3.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Saalien interglacial stage
Environment/lithology: "channel"; unlithified, tuffaceous, yellow sandstone and unlithified, paleosol/pedogenic siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: trace, original phosphate
Collection methods: quarrying, chemical, mechanical, sieve,
Primary reference: A. Tuffreau, J. Chaline, A. Munaut, J.F. Piningre, F. Poplin, J.J. Puissegur, J. Somme and B. Vandermeersch. 1978. Premiers résultats de l'étude du gisement paléolithique de Biache-Saint-Vaast (Pas-de-Calais). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences Paris, Série D - Sciences Naturelles 286(6):457-459 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 59150: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 16.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear | |
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
"Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis" = Dihoplus kirchbergensis
"Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis" = Dihoplus kirchbergensis Jäger 1839 rhinoceros | |
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
"Megaceros sp." = Megaloceros Brookes 1828 Irish elk
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer | |
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox | |
Homo neandertalensis human | |
Angiospermae | |
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak | |
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine |