Loess fauna

Japanese: 黄土動物群 - おうどどうぶつぐん
Loess fauna

...Also, because it is eroded along vertical cracks, vertical cliffs form on the river banks (loess gorges). In addition to snail fossils and ostrich egg fossils, loess contains the fossils of large mammals such as mammoths, woolly rhinos, bighorn deer, long-horned bison, hyenas, buffaloes, and camels, which indicate a cold, dry climate. These are called loess faunas or loess faunas. Also, several layers of buried paleosols formed during interglacial and subinterglacial periods, when deposition ceased, are sandwiched within the loess.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "loess fauna" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また垂直に発達した亀裂にそって浸食されるので,河岸では垂直に切り立った崖を形成する(黄土峡)。レス中にはカタツムリの化石やダチョウの卵の化石のほかに,マンモス,ケサイ,オオツノシカ,長角バイソン,ハイエナ,スイギュウ,ラクダなどの寒冷・乾燥気候を指示する大型哺乳動物化石を産し,これらはレス動物群または黄土動物群と呼ばれている。またレス中には,堆積が中断した間氷期や亜間氷期に生成した土壌が埋没古土壌としてなん枚もはさまれている。…

※「黄土動物群」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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