Sidestrand: Middle Pleistocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana temporaria
Linnaeus 1758
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Newton 1882 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Trichechus huxleyi
(Lankester 1865)
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Newton 1882 | ||||||
| synonym of Ontocetus emmonsi | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Machairodus sp.
Kaup 1833
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Newton 1882 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus stenonis
Cocchi 1867
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Newton 1882 | ||||||
| recombined as Allohippus stenonis | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus major
Cuvier 1824
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Stuart 1986 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Phocoenidae
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Phocoena communis
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Physeter macrocephalus
Linnaeus 1758
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Newton 1891 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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Newton 1882 | ||||||
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Acipenseriformes
- Acipenseridae
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Acipenser sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Newton 1882 | ||||||
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Actinopteri
- Esociformes
- Esocidae
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Esox lucius
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Newton 1882 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Norfolk |
| Coordinates: | 52.9° North, 1.4° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.9° North, 1.4° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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
| Formation: | Forest Bed |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 58421 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-02-03 08:13:02 | Last modified: | 2006-12-21 14:40:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-03 08:13:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16564. | E. T. Newton. 1889. Some additions to the vertebrate fauna of the Norfolk "preglacial Forest Bed" with description of a new species of deer (Cervus rectus). Geological Magazine 6(4):145-149 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 19456 | A. T. Hopwood and M. C. Burkitt. 1935. Notes on Pleistocene Stratigraphy. Man 35:115-116 [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] | |
| 31900 | A. J. Stuart. 1986. Pleistocene occurrence of hippopotamus in Britain. Quartaerpalaeontologie 6:209-218 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |