Thorington (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (52.3° N, 1.4° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 1.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Westleton Member (Norwich Crag Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• late Baventian to Pre-Pastonian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained, medium, green, yellow sandstone

• fine to medium grained dark gree to yellow sands

Primary reference: A. E. Richards, P. L. Gibbard, and M. E. Pettit. 1999. The sedimentology and palaeoecology of the Westleton Member of the Norwich Crag Formation (Early Pleistodene) at Thorigton, Suffolk, England. Geological Magazine 136(4):453-464 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 69541: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.02.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Scleranthus
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Scleranthus sp.
Scleranthus sp. Linnaeus 1753 knotweed
unclassified
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Cupulifer sp., Chenopodiacae indet., Sclenanthus cf. annuus, Characae indet., cf. Elocharis sp.
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp., Picea sp.
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
Angiospermae
 Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus sp.
Ranunculus sp. Linnaeus 1753 buttercup
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Polygonum lapathifolium
Polygonum lapathifolium Linnaeus 1753 knotweed
 Caryophyllales - Amaranthaceae
Chenopodium botryoideslrubrum
 Lamiales - Plantaginaceae
Plantago cf. media
Plantago cf. media Linnaeus 1753 plantain
 Poales - Juncaceae
Juncus sp.
Juncus sp. Linnaeus 1753 rush
 Poales - Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Eleocharis palustrisluniglumis
 Arales - Lemnaceae
Lemna sp.
Lemna sp. Linnaeus 1753 duckweed
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Corylus sp., Alnus sp., Carpinus sp., Ostrya sp., Betula sp.
Corylus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hazel
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
Carpinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hornbeam
Ostrya sp. Scopoli 1760 hophornbeam
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix sp.
Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753 willow
Bidens
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Bidens sp.
Bidens sp. Linnaeus 1753 beggarticks
Bidens tripartita
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Bidens tripartita
Bidens tripartita Linnaeus 1753 beggarticks
Pteridopsida
 Filicales -
Filicales sp.
Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Azolla sp.
Azolla sp. Lamarck 1783
Chlorophyceae
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Pediastrum sp.
Pediastrum sp. Meyen 1829
Foraminifera
 Foraminiferida -
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram
unclassified
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Fungi indet.
Fungi indet. Jahn and Jahn 1959
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Cryptogramma sp." = Anomalocardia
"Cryptogramma sp." = Anomalocardia Schumacher 1817 venus clam
Insecta
 Dicondylia -
Coleoptera indet.
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet.
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinus delphis
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758 short-beaked common dolphin
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Eucladoceros sedgwicki
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella anglica
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus arvernensis
Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Archidiskodon meridionalis" = Mammuthus meridionalis
"Archidiskodon meridionalis" = Mammuthus meridionalis Nesti 1825 mammoth