East Farm Barnham site (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)
Where: United Kingdom (52.4° N, 0.7° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 0.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gravel
• The sediments at Barnham were laid down in a postglacial river system that flowed in a channel that ran through glacial outwash gravel.
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
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 195119: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 20.07.2018
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Taxonomic list
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| Amphibia | |
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Triturus helveticus newt
Triturus sp. Rafinesque 1815 newt
Triturus vulgaris Linnaeus 1758 smooth newt
Triturus cristatus Fitzinger 1843 newt | |
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Rana arvalis frog
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog
Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758 common frog
"Rana cf. ridibunda" = Pelophylax ridibunda Pallas 1771 frog | |
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Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad
Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad
Bufo viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad
Bufo calamita Cope 1864 toad | |
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Hyla arborea Linnaeus 1758 tree frog | |
| Reptilia | |
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Anguis fragilis Linneaus 1758 Slow worm | |
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus Linnaeus 1758 common adder | |
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Elaphe longissima Laurenti 1768 colubrid snake
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758 water snake
Natrix maura Linnaeus 1758 water snake | |
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Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
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Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 European pond turtle | |