East Farm Barnham site: Middle Pleistocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Anguis fragilis
Linneaus 1758
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Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Lacerta sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Vipera berus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Vipera (Pelias) berus | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Elaphe longissima
Laurenti 1768
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Natrix sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Natrix natrix
Linnaeus 1758
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Natrix maura
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emys orbicularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Bufo viridis
Laurenti 1768
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Bufo calamita
Cope 1864
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Bufo bufo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| original and current combination Rana bufo | |||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana cf. ridibunda
Pallas 1771
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Rana arvalis
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Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Rana temporaria
Linnaeus 1758
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Hylidae
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Hyla arborea
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| original and current combination Rana arborea | |||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Triturus helveticus
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Triturus sp.
Rafinesque 1815
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Triturus vulgaris
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Triturus cristatus
Fitzinger 1843
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | County: | Suffolk |
| Coordinates: | 52.4° North, 0.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.4° North, 0.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gravel |
| Lithology description: The sediments at Barnham were laid down in a postglacial river system that flowed in a channel that ran through glacial outwash gravel. | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 195119 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2018-07-20 18:04:05 | Last modified: | 2018-07-20 18:04:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-07-20 18:04:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66368. | 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] |