Woodbridge (Pliocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.1° N, 1.3° E: paleocoordinates 52.2° N, 1.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Red Crag Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. T. Newton. 1882. The Vertebrata of the Forest Bed Series of Norfolk and Suffolk. Memoirs of the Geological Survey. England and Wales 1-143 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 77753: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.01.2008, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Lutra dubia" = Lartetictis dubia2
"Lutra dubia" = Lartetictis dubia2 Blainville 1841 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Phocidae
"Phocanella minor" = Phocanella pumila2, Phoca moori n. sp.2
"Phocanella minor" = Phocanella pumila2 Van Beneden 1876 seal
Phoca moori n. sp.2 Newton 1890 seal
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller 1794 cave bear
 Cetacea -
Canis primigenius n. sp.3 Lankester 1864 whale
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
"Mesoplodon scaphoides n. sp." = Mesoplodon longirostris2
"Mesoplodon scaphoides n. sp." = Mesoplodon longirostris2 Cuvier 1824 beaked whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
"Delphinus (Phocaena) uncidens n. sp." = Globicephala uncidens1
"Delphinus (Phocaena) uncidens n. sp." = Globicephala uncidens1 Lankester 1864 pilot whale
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
"Physeterula ? dubusii" = Physeterula dubusi3
"Physeterula ? dubusii" = Physeterula dubusi3 Van Beneden 1877 sperm whale
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Trigontherium minus n. sp.2 Newton 1890 beaver