Beeches Pit (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: West Stow, United Kingdom (52.3° N, 0.6° W: paleocoordinates 52.3° N, 0.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195118: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 20.07.2018

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Triturus sp. Rafinesque 1815 newt
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog
Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguis fragilis Linneaus 1758 Slow worm
 Squamata - Colubridae
Elaphe longissima Laurenti 1768 colubrid snake