Westbury-Sub-Mendip Cave (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)
Where: Somerset, United Kingdom (51.3° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 51.2° N, 2.7° 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 195199: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 27.07.2018
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Taxonomic list
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| Reptilia | |
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Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 European pond turtle | |
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Anguis fragilis Linneaus 1758 Slow worm | |
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Coronella austriaca Laurenti 1768 smooth snake | |
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus
"Vipera berus" = Vipera (Pelias) berus Linnaeus 1758 common adder | |
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Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758 water snake | |
| Amphibia | |
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Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog
Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758 common frog | |
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Pelodytes punctatus Daudin 1802 parsley frog | |