Greenlands Pit: Late/Upper Pleistocene, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguis fragilis Linneaus 1758
Reptilia - Colubridae
Natrix cf. natrix Linnaeus 1758
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo bufo (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Rana bufo
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana arvalis
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Essex County:Purfleet
Coordinates: 51.5° North, 0.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.5° North, 0.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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:terrestrial indet.
Geology comments: Neither a very warm nor a very cold stage is indicated by this assemblage. A rather moist terrestrial habitat is indicated by the herpetofauna.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Purfleet Chalk Pits
Database number:195203
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Created:2018-07-27 15:44:01 Last modified:2018-07-27 15:44:01
Access level:the public Released:2018-07-27 15:44:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]