West Runton Freshwater Bed: Middle Pleistocene - Holocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Tringa ochropus
Linnaeus 1758
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Phalacrocoracidae
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Phalacrocorax carbo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Garrulus ? glandarius
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Sturnidae
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Sturnus ? vulgaris
Linnaeus 1758
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Turdidae
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Turdus ? merula
Linnaeus 1758
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Gallinula chloropus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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? Anatidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
Anas platyrhynchos
Linnaeus 1758
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
Anas crecca
Linnaeus 1758
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
Aix galericulata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
Athya fuligula
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
original and current combination Aythya | |||||||
Athya ferina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
recombined as Aythya ferina | |||||||
Somateria gravipes n. sp.
Harrison 1979
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
Mergus serrator
Linnaeus 1758
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
Bucephala clangula
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
Anser anser
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
Cygnus bewickii
Yarrell 1830
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
recombined as Cygnus columbianus bewickii | |||||||
Anas penelope
Linnaeus 1758
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
recombined as Mareca penelope | |||||||
Mergus albellus
Linnaeus 1758
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
recombined as Mergellus albellus | |||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus cf. meridionalis
(Nesti 1825)
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Stuart 1992 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Trogontherium cuvieri
Owen 1846
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Stuart 1992 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Pliomys episcopalis
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Stuart 1992 | ||||||
Mimomys savini
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Stuart 1992 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Macaca sylvanus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Stuart 1992 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis mosbachensis
Soergel 1925
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Megaloceros verticornis
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Stuart 1992 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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Stuart 1992 | ||||||
recombined as Stephanorhinus etruscus | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom |
Coordinates: | 52.9° North, 1.2° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 52.9° North, 1.2° East |
Time
Period: | Quaternary |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene - Holocene |
Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 197163 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Munro, M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | ||
Created: | 2018-10-24 20:22:06 | Last modified: | 2021-01-02 10:33:28 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-10-24 20:22:06 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
67193. | M. Lewis, M. Pacher, and A. Turner. 2010. The larger Carnivora of the West Runton Freshwater Bed. Quaternary International 228:116-135 [M. Uhen/A. Munro] |
Secondary references:
75039 | C. J. O. Harrison. 1979. Birds of the Cromer Forest Bed series of the East Anglian Pleistocene. Transactions of the Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society 25(1):277-286 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
71103 | A. J. Stuart. 1992. The Pleistocene Vertebrate Faunas of West Runton, Norfolk, England. Cranium 9(2):77-84 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |