Swanscombe: Middle Pleistocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Phasianidae
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Tetrastes bonasia
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Lyrurus tetrix
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Seward et al. 2006 | |||||||||
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Tetrao urogallus
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Anatidae
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Melanitta nigra
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Seward et al. 2006 | |||||||||
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Mergus serrator
Linnaeus 1758
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Seward et al. 2006 | |||||||||
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Branta leucopsis
(Bechstein 1803)
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Anser albifrons
Scopoli 1769
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Anas clypeata
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Spatula clypeata | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Strigidae
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Bubo bubo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Sylviidae
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Sylvia borin
(Boddaert 1783)
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Fringillidae
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Serinus serinus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Phalacrocoracidae
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Phalacrocorax carbo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo bufo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Rana bufo | ||||||||||
| The specimen consisted of the posterior portion of an appendicular skeleton embedded in sand and was not placed in specific context within the sediments. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates: | 51.4° North, 0.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.5° North, 0.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Hoxnian interglacial, equivalent to Marine Isotope Stage 11 (424-374 ka). |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Barnfield Pit | ||
| Database number: | 125088 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-03-03 09:05:40 | Last modified: | 2018-07-01 11:15:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-03-03 09:05:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 40564. | C. J. O. Harrison. 1985. The Pleistocene birds of south-eastern England. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Norfolk 35:53-70 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 66368 | J. A. Holman. 1998. Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles in Britain and Europe. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics 1-265 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 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] |