Cambridgeshire Fens (Pleistocene to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.4° N, 0.3° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 0.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; peat

• found in a peat bog

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Kardas. 1965. Notas sobre el genero Odobenus (Mammalia, Pinnipedia). 1. Una nueva suespecie fosil del Pleistoceno superior-Holoceno. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural. Organo del Instituto de Ciencias Naturales Joseph de Acosta Seccion Geologica 63:363-380 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 102953: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Gruiformes - Gruidae
Grus grus
Grus grus Linnaeus 1758 Common crane
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
"Odobenus obesus" = Trichechus obesus
"Odobenus obesus" = Trichechus obesus Gill 1866 walrus
subspecies antiquus