Where: England, United Kingdom (51.7° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 51.7° N, 1.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene to Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.1 Ma)
• Cromerian, pre-zone Cr IV, probably pollen zone Cr IIIb. Younger than West Runton. Late Lower to Early Middle Pleistocene. Three samples were taken from this horizon (B) which is the second lowest in the sequence approximately 0.5m thick and 1.5m above the arbitrary base level.
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• 16 samples each weighing 20kg were taken from 6 different horizons. Three samples were taken from this horizon.
Primary reference: A. J. Stuart. 1980. The vertebrate fauna from the interglacial deposits at Sugworth near Oxford. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 289:87-97 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49993: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 04.05.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
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Mammalia | |
Sorex cf. minutus Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew
Beremendia cf. fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew | |
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914 mole | |
Microtus cf. arvalis Pallas 1779 common vole
"Clethrionomys glareolus" = Myodes vole
Mimomys savini vole
Pliomys episcopalis rodent | |
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse | |
Actinopteri | |
Esox lucius pike | |
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish Pharangeal teeth of Cyprinid fishes (at least 2 species).
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