Felixstow: Gelasian, 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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Elephas meridionalis
Nesti 1825
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Newton 1882 | |||||||||
| recombined as Mammuthus meridionalis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Mastodon angustidens
Cuvier 1806
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Owen 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Tetrabelodon angustidens | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Trichecodon huxleyi n. gen., n. sp.
Lankester 1865
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Lankester 1865 | |||||||||
| synonym of Ontocetus emmonsi | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Phoca indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Owen 1856 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Owen 1856 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ailuridae
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Ailurus anglicus
Dawkins 1888
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Newton 1890 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Parailurus anglicus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Owen 1856 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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Viverridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Owen 1856 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena sp.
Brisson 1762
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Lankester 1865 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Owen 1856 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros schleiermacheri
Kaup 1834
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Owen 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Dihoplus schleiermacheri | ||||||||||
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Rhinoceros sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Owen 1856 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus priscus
Kaup 1833
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Owen 1856 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Mesoplodon compressus
(Huxley 1864)
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| original and current combination Belemnoziphius compressus | ||||||||||
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Choneziphius planirostris
(Cuvier 1824)
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Choneziphius planus
(Owen 1870)
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| synonym of Choneziphius planirostris | ||||||||||
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Choneziphius packardi n. sp.
Lankester 1870
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Lankester 1870 | |||||||||
| synonym of Choneziphius planirostris | ||||||||||
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Ziphius compressus n. sp.
Owen 1870
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Owen 1870 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Hyperoodon sp.
Lacépède 1804
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Mesoplodon floweri n. sp.
Lydekker 1887
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| synonym of Mesoplodon layardii | ||||||||||
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Ziphius gibbus n. sp.
Owen 1870
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Owen 1870 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Mesoplodon | ||||||||||
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Ziphius medilineatus n. sp.
Owen 1870
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Owen 1870 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Mesoplodon | ||||||||||
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Mesoplodon longirostris
(Cuvier 1824)
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Mesoplodon angulatus
(Owen 1870)
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| synonym of Mesoplodon longirostris | ||||||||||
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Mesoplodon angustus
(Owen 1870)
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| synonym of Mesoplodon longirostris | ||||||||||
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Ziphius tenuirostris n. sp.
Owen 1870
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Owen 1870 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Mesoplodon | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Monodontidae
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Monodon monoceros
Linnaeus 1758
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Newton 1891 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Globicephalus uncidens
(Lankester 1864)
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| recombined as Globicephala uncidens | ||||||||||
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Lagenorhynchus acutus
(Gray 1828)
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Whitmore 1987 | |||||||||
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Orca citoniensis
Capellini 1883
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| misspelling Orcinus citoniensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Hoplocetus ? curvidens
Gervais 1852
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Hoplocetus crassidens
Gervais 1852
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Hoplocetus borgerhoutensis
Du Bus 1872
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| [entered as Hoplocetus borgehoutensis] | ||||||||||
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Physodon grandis
(Du Bus 1872)
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| recombined as Scaldicetus grandis | ||||||||||
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Homocetus villersi
(Du Bus 1867)
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| synonym of Scaldicetus caretti | ||||||||||
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Eucetus amblyodon
Du Bus 1867
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| synonym of Scaldicetus caretti | ||||||||||
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Physodon ? fusiformis
(Du Bus 1872)
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| synonym of Scaldicetus caretti | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Balaenodon physaloides n. gen., n. sp.
Owen 1846
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| nomen dubium belonging to Hoplocetinae | ||||||||||
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Physeter sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Charlesworth 1845 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Cetotheriidae
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Herpetocetus scaldiensis
Van Beneden 1872
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Cetotherium brevifrons
Van Beneden 1872
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| recombined as Heterocetus brevifrons | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenidae
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Balaena balaenopsis
Van Beneden 1872
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| recombined as Balaenula balaenopsis | ||||||||||
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Balaena insignis
(Van Beneden 1872)
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| original and current combination Balaenotus insignis | ||||||||||
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Balaena primigenia
(Van Beneden 1872)
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| nomen nudum belonging to Balanadae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Megaptera affinis
Van Beneden 1880
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Owen 1843 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae | ||||||||||
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Balaenoptera borealina
Van Beneden 1880
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| nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae | ||||||||||
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Balaena gibbosa n. sp.
Owen 1843
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Owen 1843 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae | ||||||||||
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Balaena affinis n. sp.
Owen 1843
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Owen 1843 | |||||||||
| invalid subgroup of Balaenopteridae | ||||||||||
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Balaenoptera garopii
(Van Beneden 1859)
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| nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae | ||||||||||
| [entered as Balaenoptera garopi] | ||||||||||
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Balaena definata
Owen 1843
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Owen 1843 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae | ||||||||||
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Balaena emarginata
Owen 1843
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Owen 1843 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Balaenopteridae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Megaptera ? similis
(Van Beneden 1872)
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| nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti | ||||||||||
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Megaptera minuta
(Van Beneden 1880)
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| nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti | ||||||||||
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Cetotherium brialmonti
(Van Beneden 1880)
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| nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti | ||||||||||
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Cetotherium dubium
Van Beneden 1872
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| nomen dubium belonging to Mysticeti | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus antiquus
Kaup 1833
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Owen 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Hippopotamodon antiquus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Owen 1856 | |||||||||
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Megaceros sp.
Owen 1844
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Owen 1856 | |||||||||
| synonym of Megaloceros | ||||||||||
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Cervus dicranocerus
Kaup 1839
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Owen 1856 | |||||||||
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Marrellomorpha
- Marrellida
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Cetotherium ? hupschii
Legg 2016
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| [entered as Cetotherium hupschi] | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Suffolk |
| Coordinates: | 52.0° North, 1.4° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.0° North, 1.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Gelasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Gelasian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Red Crag | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Ludhamian & Pre-Lundhamian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | foreshore |
| Geology comments: nearshore, intertidal sandflats, temperate | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Felixstowe | ||
| Database number: | 48093 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-13 11:51:17 | Last modified: | 2020-06-05 15:39:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-13 11:51:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12874. | R. Lydekker. 1887. The Cetacea of the Suffolk Crag. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 43:7-18 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 33798 | E. Charlesworth. 1845. On the occurrence of the genus Physeter (or Sperm Whale) in the Red Crag of Felxistow. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, Londdon 1:40-41 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 15521 | T. A. Deméré, A. Berta, and M. R. McGowen. 2005. The taxonomic and evolutionary history of modern balaenopteroid mysticetes. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 12(1/2):99-143 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 18780 | W. H. Flower. 1874. Description of the skull of a species of Halitherium (H. canhami) from the Red Crag of Suffolk. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 30:1-7 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 15528 | O. Lambert and K. Post. 2005. First European pontoporiid dolphins (Mammalia: Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Miocene of Belgium and the Netherlands. Deinsea 11:7-19 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 13652 | E. R. Lankester. 1865. On the sources of the mammalian fossils of the Red Crag, and the discovery of a new mammal in that deposit, allied to the walrus. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 21:221-232 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 13661 | E. R. Lankester. 1870. Contributions to a knowledge of the newer tertiaries of Suffolk and their fauna. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 26:493-514 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 26261 | E. T. Newton. 1882. The Vertebrata of the Forest Bed Series of Norfolk and Suffolk. Memoirs of the Geological Survey. England and Wales 1-143 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 28641 | E. T. Newton. 1891. The vertebrata of the Pliocene deposits of Britain. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom 1-137 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 28696 | R. T. Newton. 1890. On some new mammals from the Red and Norwich Crags. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 46:444-453 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 16560 | R. Owen. 1843. Appendix to Professor Henslow's paper, consisting of a description of the fossil tympanic bones referable to four distinct pecies of Balaena. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 4(1):283-286 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 13613 | R. Owen. 1856. Description of some mammalian fossils from the Red Crag of Suffolk. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 12:217-230 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 14624 | R. Owen. 1870. Monograph of the British fossil Cetacea from the Red Crag. Memoirs of the Palaeontological Society 23 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 17277 | H. E. P. Spencer. 1971. A contribution to the geological history of Suffolk. Suffolk Natural History 15(4):279-363 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 14141 | F. C. Whitmore. 1987. Cetacea from the Sahabi Formation, Libya. Neogene Paleontology and Geology of Sahabi 145-151 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |