Overstrand (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.9° N, 1.3° E: paleocoordinates 52.9° N, 1.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Forest Bed Formation, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 58419: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.02.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus major5 Cuvier 1824 hippo
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet.6 Flower 1867 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Monodontidae
Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758 narhwal
Delphinapterus leucas3 Pallas 1776 beluga whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinus sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 common dolphin
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovinae indet.2 Gray 1821 antelope
 Carnivora - Phocidae
"Phoca barbata" = Erignathus barbatus1
"Phoca barbata" = Erignathus barbatus1 Erxleben 1777 bearded seal
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus spelaeus2 Rosenmüller 1794 cave bear
Aves
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax carbo4 Linnaeus 1758 great cormorant
Actinopteri
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
 Anguilliformes - Muraenidae
"Platessa sp." = Otolithus (Platessa)2
"Platessa sp." = Otolithus (Platessa)2 Bassoli 1906 eel
 Life -
Caprovis savinii n. sp.2 Newton 1882