East Runton: Early/Lower Pleistocene, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae
Acanthias vulgaris
Newton 1882
synonym of Squalus
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja clavata Linnaeus 1767
Newton 1882
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Thynnus thynnus (Linnaeus 1758)
Newton 1890 1 specimen
recombined as Thunnus thynnus
Actinopteri - Carangiformes - Carangidae
Platax woodwardi
Newton 1882
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae
Alca torda Linnaeus 1758
Seward et al. 2006
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anser sp. Linnaeus 1758
Newton 1882
    = Cygnus bewickii Yarrell 1830
Harrison 1979
recombined as Cygnus columbianus bewickii
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758
Harrison 1979
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Bubo bubo (Linnaeus 1758)
Seward et al. 2006
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutra simplicidens Thenius 1965
Willemsen 1992
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Orca gladiator Bonnaterre 1789
Newton 1891 1 specimen
synonym of Orcinus orca
Mammalia - Cetacea - Monodontidae
Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas 1776)
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Norfolk
Coordinates: 52.9° North, 1.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:53.0° North, 1.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cromer Forest Bed
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Pastonian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine 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:58420
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-02-03 08:10:53 Last modified:2022-10-04 11:29:55
Access level:the public Released:2006-02-03 08:10:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
16564. E. T. Newton. 1889. Some additions to the vertebrate fauna of the Norfolk "preglacial Forest Bed" with description of a new species of deer (Cervus rectus). Geological Magazine 6(4):145-149 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

82759 M. Cherin. 2017. New material of Lutra simplicidens (Carnivora, Mustelidae, Lutrinae), a key taxon fro understanding the evolution of European otters. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 123(3):433-441 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
75039 C. J. O. Harrison. 1979. Birds of the Cromer Forest Bed series of the East Anglian Pleistocene. Transactions of the Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society 25(1):277-286 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
26341 A. M. Lister. 1998. The age of the Early Pleistocene mammal faunas from the "Weyborurne Crag' and Cromer Forest-bed Formation (Norfolk, England). Mededelingen Nederlands INstituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO 60:271-280 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
26261 E. T. Newton. 1882. The Vertebrata of the Forest Bed Series of Norfolk and Suffolk. Memoirs of the Geological Survey. England and Wales 1-143 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
59853 E. T. Newton. 1890. Note on the occurrence of the tunny (Thynnus thynnus) in the Cromer "Forest Bed". Geological Magazine 3(7):264 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
28641 E. T. Newton. 1891. The vertebrata of the Pliocene deposits of Britain. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom 1-137 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
40735 L. Seward, S. D. Chapman, and A. P. Currant. 2006. A catalogue of British Pleistocene birds identified by Colin JO Harrison and stored in the Natural History Museum, London, (Department of Palaeontology). Historical Biology 18(2):235-254 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
31346 G. F. Willemsen. 1992. A revision of the Pliocene and Quaternary Lutrinae from Europe. Scripta Geologica 101:1-115 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]