Wroxham Crag Formation (How Hill Member) fauna (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)

Also known as How Hill Member fauna

Where: United Kingdom (52.6° N, 1.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 52.3° N, 1.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: How Hill Member (Wroxham Formation), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Correlate of the Sudbury and Bytham Members

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified, pebbly, silty sandstone

• Geological data not reviewed in paper
• Interbedded sands and gravels with silt and clay laminations in its upper part

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Collection data not reviewed in paper

Primary reference: J. Rose, B. S. P. Moorlock, and R.J.O. Hamblin. 2001. Pre-Anglican fluvial and coastal deposits in Eastern England; lithostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments. Quaternary Internationat 79:5-22 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 34980: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.10.2003

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Taxonomic list

• Definitely not representative; may include plant and non-invertebrate macrofossils. Based on taxa mentioned in text on p. 17
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Valvatidae
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Arvicola sp. Lacépède 1799 vole
Listed as "Arvicola t. cantina"