Little Oakley fauna (Lister and McGlade, 1990): Middle Pleistocene, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Abramis brama
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana cf. arvalis
    = Rana arvalis
Holman 1998
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Colubridae
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
? Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
cf. Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
medium sized cervid, size of Cervus elaphus, red deer.
Megaloceros cf. verticornis
Megaloceros cf. dawkinsi
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
large bovid, size of Bison schoetensacki
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex informal sp. 1 Linnaeus 1758
size of A. araneus or S. runtonensis
Sorex informal sp. 2 Linnaeus 1758
larger than S. araneus
Sorex cf. minutus Linnaeus 1766
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mimomys savini
Rose et al. 2001
Clethrionomys glareolus
synonym of Myodes
Microtus arvalis (Pallas 1779)
Microtus oeconomus (Pallas 1776)
Rose et al. 2001
Pitymys gregaloides
Rose et al. 2001
synonym of Microtus
Pitymys sp. McMurtrie 1831
synonym of Microtus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Mus sylvaticus
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Anguillidae
Anguilla anguilla
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Esox lucius
Actinopteri - Perciformes
Perca fluviatilis Linnaeus 1758
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Percidae
cf. Stizostedion sp. Rafinesque 1820
Actinopteri - Gadiformes
Lota lota
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinus carpio
Barbus barbus (Linnaeus 1758)
Leuciscus sp. Cuvier 1817
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Rutilus rutilus
Tinca tinca
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Valvatidae
Valvata naticina
Rose et al. 2001
Gastropoda - Hydrobiidae
Belgrandia marginata
Rose et al. 2001
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom County:Essex
Coordinates: 51.9° North, 1.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.9° North, 1.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:8 meters
Geographic resolution:local area
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
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Early Middle Pleistocene, Cromerian, Biharian in age. Of similar age to the Cromer Forest bed formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified siltstone
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Fossiliferous silts and sands.
Environment:fluvial indet.
Geology comments: From a broad channel of fossiliferous silts and sands. Temperate climate, regional vegetation of mixed deciduous woodland, extensive dry grassland in the river floodplain and swampy areas near the river.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,core,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:1.000 Maximum sieve size:10.000
Rock censused:1500 kg
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Collection method comments: Material taken from boreholes and pits. First found in 1939. 50kg bulk samples were taken from successive grabs 25cm thick to a depth of 350cm, amounting to 1.5 tons of sediment and wet sieved through 1cm and 1mm sieves. All material is held at the University Museum of Zoology, Cambrige, with a small amount at the BMNH in London.
Taxonomic list comments:Definitely not representative; may include plant and non-invertebrate macrofossils. Based on taxa listed on p. 17
Metadata
Also known as:Little Oakley
Database number:34981
Authorizer:A. Hendy, E. Vlachos, A. Turner Enterer:A. Hendy, E. Vlachos, H. O'Regan
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-10-22 13:56:04 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2003-10-22 13:56:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
13427.PACED A. M. Lister and J. M. McGlade. 1990. The Early Middle Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from Little Oakley, Essex. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 328:359-385 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]

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]
94071% 520J. Rose, B. S. P. Moorlock, and R.J.O. Hamblin. 2001. Pre-Anglican fluvial and coastal deposits in Eastern England; lithostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments. Quaternary Internationat 79:5-22 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]