Chudleigh Cave (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 3.6° W: paleocoordinates 50.6° N, 3.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. R. Stewart. 2002. Sea-birds from coastal and non-coastal, archaeological and “natural” Pleistocene deposits or not all unexpected deposition is of human origin. Acta zoologica cracoviensia 45:167-178 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 125321: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.03.2012, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana temporaria1 Linnaeus 1758 common frog
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo bufo1 Linnaeus 1758 toad
Bufo calamita1 Cope 1864 toad
Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguis fragilis1 Linneaus 1758 Slow worm
 Squamata - Crotalidae
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus1
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus1 Linnaeus 1758 common adder
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Gallinago gallinago2 Linnaeus 1758 common snipe
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Alle alle Linnaeus 1758 dovekie
Cepphus grylle2 Linnaeus 1758 black guillemot
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columba oenas2 Linnaeus 1758 stock dove
Columba palumbus2 Linnaeus 1758 common wood-pigeon
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba2 Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Passeriformes - Sturnidae
Sturnus vulgaris2 Linnaeus 1758 European starling
 Passeriformes - Calcariidae
Calcarius lapponicus2 Linnaeus 1758 lapland longspur
Plectrophenax nivalis2 Linnaeus 1758 snow bunting
 Passeriformes - Emberizidae
Emberiza calandra2 Linnaeus 1758 corn bunting
Emberiza schoeniclus2 Linnaeus 1758 reed bunting
Emberiza citrinella2 Linnaeus 1758 yellowhammer
 Passeriformes - Alaudidae
Alauda arvensis2 Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian skylark
Eremophila alpestris2 Linnaeus 1759 horned lark
Galerida cristata2 Linnaeus 1758 crested lark
 Passeriformes - Muscicapidae
Luscinia megarhynchos2 Brehm 1831 common nightingale
"Saxicola torquata" = Saxicola torquatus2 Linnaeus 1766 African stonechat
Phoenicurus phoenicurus2 Linnaeus 1758 common redstart
Erithacus rubecula2 Linnaeus 1758 European robin
Oenanthe oenanthe2 Linnaeus 1758 northern wheatear
 Passeriformes - Motacillidae
Motacilla cinerea2 Tunstall 1771 gray wagtail
Motacilla alba2 Linnaeus 1758 white wagtail
Anthus trivialis2 Linnaeus 1758 tree pipit
Anthus pratensis2 Linnaeus 1758 meadow pipit
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Garrulus glandarius2 Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian jay
Corvus monedula2 Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian jackdaw
 Passeriformes - Turdidae
Turdus pilaris2 Linnaeus 1758 fieldfare
Turdus merula2 Linnaeus 1758 common blackbird
Turdus viscivorus2 Linnaeus 1758 mistle thrush
Turdus philomelos2 Brehm 1831 song thrush
Turdus iliacus2 Linnaeus 1758 redwing
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Perdix perdix2 Linnaeus 1758 grey partridge
"Lagopus mutus" = Lagopus muta2 Montin 1781 rock ptarmigan
Lagopus lagopus2 Linnaeus 1758 willow ptarmigan