Also known as Kärlich Schicht C, im Neuwieder Becken Kaerlich
Where: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (50.5° N, 7.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• Level C is the third to lowest level (site goes level Jb). Dated to earliest Middle Pleistocene (overlies the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary). Early Cromerian (zones 1-2), Late Biharian, similar to West Runton upper freshwater bed, Sussenborn, etc.
Environment/lithology: fluvial
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: Collection size doesn't include mollusc counts (not given in this paper).
•Mollusca indicate a humid environment and rather cold climatic conditions.
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36009: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 13.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758 mole | |
Sorex cf. runtonensis Hinton 1911 long-tailed shrew | |
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Mimomys sp., Microtus (Terricola) arvalidens, Microtus (Microtus) sp., "Clethrionomys glareolus" = Myodes
Microtus (Microtus) sp. Schrank 1798 vole
"Clethrionomys glareolus" = Myodes vole | |
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse | |
Gastropoda | |
Clausilia cf. pumila slug | |
"Trichia hispida" = Trochulus
"Trichia hispida" = Trochulus slug | |
"Pupilla sp." = Pupa (Pupilla)
"Pupilla sp." = Pupa (Pupilla) Leach 1828 snail |