East Mersea: Late/Upper Pleistocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Natrix sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Natrix maura
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Natrix natrix
Linnaeus 1758
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Elaphe longissima
Laurenti 1768
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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
- Lacertidae
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Lacerta sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Anguis fragilis
Linneaus 1758
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emys orbicularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana arvalis
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Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Rana cf. ridibunda
Pallas 1771
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| recombined as Pelophylax ridibunda | |||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo bufo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| original and current combination Rana bufo | |||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Hylidae
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Hyla sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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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 |
| Coordinates: | 51.8° North, 1.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.8° North, 1.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93816 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-03 14:17:38 | Last modified: | 2010-02-03 16:17:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-03 14:17:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31900. | A. J. Stuart. 1986. Pleistocene occurrence of hippopotamus in Britain. Quartaerpalaeontologie 6:209-218 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |