Bacon Hole (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: Wales, United Kingdom (51.6° N, 4.1° W: paleocoordinates 51.6° N, 4.1° W)

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. J. O. Harrison. 1987. Pleistocene and prehistoric birds of south-west Britain. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 18(1):81-104 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 124954: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.03.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Milvus milvus Linnaeus 1758 red kite
 Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Pluvialis apricaria Linnaeus 1758 European golden-plover
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Alca torda Linnaeus 1758 razorbill
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Arenaria interpres Linnaeus 1758 ruddy turnstone
Calidris alpina Linnaeus 1758 dunlin
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Falco subbuteo Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian hobby
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Calonectris diomedea Scopoli 1769 Cory's shearwater
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
"Anas penelope" = Mareca penelope Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian wigeon
Tadorna ferruginea Pallas 1764 Ruddy shelduck
Anser fabalis Latham 1787 taiga bean-goose
 Passeriformes - Hirundinidae
Hirundo rustica Linnaeus 1758 barn swallow
 Passeriformes - Motacillidae
Anthus trivialis Linnaeus 1758 tree pipit
 Passeriformes - Sturnidae
Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus 1758 European starling
 Passeriformes - Alaudidae
Alauda arvensis Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian skylark
 Passeriformes - Muscicapidae
Oenanthe oenanthe Linnaeus 1758 northern wheatear
 Passeriformes - Turdidae
Turdus merula Linnaeus 1758 common blackbird
or Turdus torquatus