Puggiston (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (56.7° N, 2.5° W: paleocoordinates 56.7° N, 2.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

• brick clay

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Turner. 1870. On the species of seal found in Scotland in beds of Glacial Clay. Journal of Anatomy 4(2):260-270 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74234: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.07.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phoca hispida Schreber 1775 ringed seal