West Runton Freshwater Bed (Pleistocene to of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (52.9° N, 1.2° E)

When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Lewis, M. Pacher, and A. Turner. 2010. The larger Carnivora of the West Runton Freshwater Bed. Quaternary International 228:116-135 [M. Uhen/A. Munro]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 197163: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Alan Munro on 24.10.2018, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Trogontherium cuvieri2 Owen 1846 beaver
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Macaca sylvanus2 Linnaeus 1758 Barbary macaque
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
"Dicerorhinus etruscus" = Stephanorhinus etruscus2
"Dicerorhinus etruscus" = Stephanorhinus etruscus2 Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis mosbachensis Soergel 1925 canine
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus cf. meridionalis2 Nesti 1825 mammoth
Aves
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
? Anatidae indet.1, "Anas penelope" = Mareca penelope1, "Cygnus bewickii" = Cygnus columbianus bewickii1, Anser anser1, "Mergus albellus" = Mergellus albellus1, Aix galericulata1, "Athya fuligula" = Aythya1, "Athya ferina" = Aythya ferina1, Anas crecca1, Anas platyrhynchos1, Mergus serrator1, Bucephala clangula1, Somateria gravipes n. sp.1
? Anatidae indet.1 Vigors 1825 waterfowl
"Anas penelope" = Mareca penelope1 Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian wigeon
"Cygnus bewickii" = Cygnus columbianus bewickii1 Yarrell 1830 Bewick's swan
Anser anser1 Linnaeus 1758 greylag goose
"Mergus albellus" = Mergellus albellus1 Linnaeus 1758 smew
Aix galericulata1 Linnaeus 1758 mandarin duck
"Athya fuligula" = Aythya1 pochard
"Athya ferina" = Aythya ferina1 Linnaeus 1758 common pochard
Anas crecca1 Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian teal
Anas platyrhynchos1 Linnaeus 1758 mallard
Mergus serrator1 Linnaeus 1758 red-breasted merganser
Bucephala clangula1 Linnaeus 1758 common goldeneye
Somateria gravipes n. sp.1 Harrison 1979 eider
 Passeriformes - Sturnidae
Sturnus ? vulgaris1 Linnaeus 1758 European starling
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Garrulus ? glandarius1 Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian jay
 Passeriformes - Turdidae
Turdus ? merula1 Linnaeus 1758 common blackbird
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Gallinula chloropus1 Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian moorhen
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax carbo1 Linnaeus 1758 great cormorant
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Tringa ochropus1 Linnaeus 1758 green sandpiper