Trafalgar Square (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (51.5° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 51.5° N, 0.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: insects at Lapworth Museum, Birmingham

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 93819: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.02.2010, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
Insecta
 Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Eodrepanus coopei n. sp. Barbero et al. 2009 scarab beetle
holotype pronotum, paratype pronotum, 3 left elytra