Swanton Morley: Late/Upper Pleistocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Natrix natrix
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1998 | ||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emys orbicularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1998 | ||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana arvalis
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Holman 1998 | ||||||
Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1998 | ||||||
Rana temporaria
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1998 | ||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo bufo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1998 | ||||||
original and current combination Rana bufo | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom |
Coordinates: | 52.7° North, 1.0° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 52.7° North, 1.0° East |
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: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 93804 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2010-02-03 13:55:22 | Last modified: | 2010-02-03 15:55:22 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-03 13:55:22 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
31900. | A. J. Stuart. 1986. Pleistocene occurrence of hippopotamus in Britain. Quartaerpalaeontologie 6:209-218 [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] |