Thorington: Gelasian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Foraminiferida
Foraminiferida indet. (Eichwald 1830)
Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Salviniaceae
Azolla sp. Lamarck 1783
Pteridopsida - Filicales
Filicales sp.
unclassified
Scleranthus sp. Linnaeus 1753
Bidens sp. Linnaeus 1753
Bidens tripartita Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Lamiales - Plantaginaceae
Plantago cf. media Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Polygonum lapathifolium Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Amaranthaceae
Chenopodium botryoideslrubrum
Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Gramineae indet. de Jussieu
Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae
Eleocharis palustrisluniglumis
Angiospermae - Poales - Juncaceae
Juncus sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Arales - Lemnaceae
Lemna sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Ostrya sp. Scopoli 1760
Carpinus sp. Linnaeus 1753
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753
Corylus sp. Linnaeus 1753
Alnus sp. Miller 1754
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753
Chlorophyceae
Pediastrum sp. Meyen 1829
Mammalia - Cervidae
Eucladoceros sedgwicki
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella anglica
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus stenonis Cocchi 1867
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Archidiskodon meridionalis (Nesti 1825)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus arvernensis (Croizet and Jobert 1828)
unclassified
Cupulifer sp.
Chenopodiacae indet.
Sclenanthus cf. annuus
Characae indet.
cf. Elocharis sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cryptogramma sp. Morch 1853
Insecta - Coleoptera
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758
unclassified
Fungi indet. Jahn and Jahn 1959
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom
Coordinates: 52.3° North, 1.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:52.4° North, 1.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Gelasian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Gelasian
Age range of interval: 2.58 - 1.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Norwich Crag Member:Westleton
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: late Baventian to Pre-Pastonian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,medium,green,yellow sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: fine to medium grained dark gree to yellow sands
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:69541
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-02-27 15:03:41 Last modified:2008-01-29 09:51:23
Access level:the public Released:2007-02-27 15:03:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
23350. A. E. Richards, P. L. Gibbard, and M. E. Pettit. 1999. The sedimentology and palaeoecology of the Westleton Member of the Norwich Crag Formation (Early Pleistodene) at Thorigton, Suffolk, England. Geological Magazine 136(4):453-464 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

26340 P. L. Gibbard, J. A. Zalasiewcz, and S. J. Mathers. 1998. Stratigraphy of the marine Plio-Pleistocene crag deposits of East Anglia. Mededelingen Neerlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO 60:239-262 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]