Sugworth full faunal list, Berkshire: Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Cypriniformes
- Cyprinidae
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Cyprinidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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| Pharangeal teeth of Cyprinid fishes (at least 2 species). | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Esociformes
- Esocidae
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Esox lucius
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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cf. Natrix natrix
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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| Indeterminate large mammals, rib, caudal vertebra, bone fragments. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Stephanorhinus etruscus | ||||||||||
| 1 mandibular molar from gravels, south end of east side section (H.A. Osmaston) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| antler fragment, tibia from east side section. | ||||||||||
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Megaceros sp.
Owen 1844
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| left lower M1 or M2, from gravels south end of east side section (H.A. Osmaston) | ||||||||||
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= Megaloceros sp.
Brookes 1828
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Stuart 1988 | |||||||||
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Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 tooth from gravels, south end of east side section ( H. A. Osmaston) | ||||||||||
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cf. Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 phalanx from middle east side section, 2.3 m above arbitrary base level ( A. Goudie). | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Bos sp. or Bison sp. 1 proximal phalanx. | ||||||||||
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= Bison cf. schoetensacki
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Stuart 1988 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpa minor
Freudenberg 1914
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Beremendia fissidens
(Petényi 1864)
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Sorex cf. savini
Hinton 1911
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Sorex cf. minutus
Linnaeus 1766
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Microtus cf. arvalis
(Pallas 1779)
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Mimomys savini
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Clethrionomys glareolus
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| synonym of Myodes | ||||||||||
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Lemmus sp.
Link 1795
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Stuart 1988 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| 1 upper incisor, identified subsequent to 1980 publication. | ||||||||||
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Pliomys episcopalis
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Apodemus sylvaticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| original and current combination Mus sylvaticus | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
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Amphibia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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| Rana sp. and/or Bufo sp. | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana arvalis
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Berkshire |
| Coordinates: | 51.7° North, 1.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.7° North, 1.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Cromerian, pre-zone Cr IV, probably pollen zone Cr IIIb. Younger than West Runton. Late Lower to Early Middle Pleistocene. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: Samples of sediment taken from horizons with seams of sands, gravels and detritus muds. | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | none |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection | Maximum sieve size: | 1.000 |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: The macromammalian remains were not found in the sieved samples, therefore this has been entered as the full list, with the subsampled microfauna as subcollections. 16 samples each weighing 20kg were taken from 6 different horizons and sieved. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 49997 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | H. O'Regan, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | PACED |
| Collections that are a subset of this one: | |||
| Created: | 2005-05-04 07:23:01 | Last modified: | 2017-05-19 13:36:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-04 07:23:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13428. | PACED | A. J. Stuart. 1980. The vertebrate fauna from the interglacial deposits at Sugworth near Oxford. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 289:87-97 [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] | |
| 13429 | PACED | A. J. Stuart. 1988. Preglacial Pleistocene vertebrate faunas of East Anglia. In P. L. Gibbard and J. A. Zalasiewicz, eds., Pliocene-Middle Pleistocene of East Anglia, Field Guide of the Quaternary Research Association, Cambridge. 57-64 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |