Torbryan Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana temporaria
Linnaeus 1758
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo bufo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| original and current combination Rana bufo | ||||||||||
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Bufo calamita
Cope 1864
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Turdidae
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Turdus merula
Linnaeus 1758
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Turdus philomelos
Brehm 1831
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Turdus viscivorus
Linnaeus 1758
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Turdus pilaris
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Hirundinidae
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Hirundo rustica
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Muscicapidae
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Erithacus rubecula
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Alaudidae
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Alauda arvensis
Linnaeus 1758
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Galerida cristata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Sturnidae
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Sturnus vulgaris
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Corvus monedula
Linnaeus 1758
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Corvus corax
Linnaeus 1758
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Garrulus glandarius
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Coturnix coturnix
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Lagopus mutus
(Montin 1781)
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| recombined as Lagopus muta | ||||||||||
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Lagopus lagopus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| ? scoticus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Lymnocryptes minimus
(Brünnich 1764)
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Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Lacerta vivipara
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Anguis fragilis
Linneaus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates: | 50.5° North, 3.5° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.5° North, 3.5° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 125437 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-03-10 03:13:11 | Last modified: | 2018-07-14 09:38:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-03-10 03:13:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 40735. | L. Seward, S. D. Chapman, and A. P. Currant. 2006. A catalogue of British Pleistocene birds identified by Colin JO Harrison and stored in the Natural History Museum, London, (Department of Palaeontology). Historical Biology 18(2):235-254 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
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] |