Harkstead: Late/Upper Pleistocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus primigenius
(Blumenbach 1799)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emys orbicularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Suffolk |
| Coordinates: | 52.0° North, 1.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.0° North, 1.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | interglacial |
| Geology comments: The presence of Emys orbicularis indicates a milder climate than presently occurs in the area. Nevertheless, the wooly mammoth occurs in the same deposit (Stuart, 1982, table 7.4, pp. 126-127). | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 195204 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | E. Vlachos | ||
| Created: | 2018-07-27 15:48:03 | Last modified: | 2018-07-27 16:08:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-07-27 15:48:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |