Shropham (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (52.5° N, 0.9° E: paleocoordinates 52.5° N, 0.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. J. Stuart. 1986. Pleistocene occurrence of hippopotamus in Britain. Quartaerpalaeontologie 6:209-218 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 93805: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.02.2010, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad
Bufo calamita Cope 1864 toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog
Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758 common frog
"Rana cf. ridibunda" = Pelophylax ridibunda Pallas 1771 frog
 Caudata - Urodela
Triturus vulgaris Linnaeus 1758 smooth newt
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
Reptilia
 Squamata - Lacertidae
 Squamata - Natricidae
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake
Natrix maura Linnaeus 1758 water snake
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758 water snake
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 European pond turtle