Cromer: Early/Lower Pleistocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas primigenius
Blumenbach 1799
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recombined as Mammuthus primigenius | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Trichechus huxleyi
(Lankester 1865)
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synonym of Ontocetus emmonsi | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus spelaeus
Rosenmüller 1794
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus caballus
Linnaeus 1758
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Equus caballus-fossilis | ||||||||||
Equus stenonis
Cocchi 1867
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recombined as Allohippus stenonis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros etruscus
Falconer 1868
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recombined as Stephanorhinus etruscus | ||||||||||
Rhinoceros ? megarhinus
de Christol 1835
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misspelling Dihoplus megarhinus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Tursiops tursio
Bonnaterre 1789
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Newton 1891 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
synonym of Tursiops truncatus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenidae
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Balaena biscayensis
Eschricht 1860
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Newton 1891 | |||||||||
synonym of Eubalaena glacialis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus major
Cuvier 1824
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus bovides
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Cervus etueriarum
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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recombined as Praeelaphus etueriarum | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Trogontherium sp.
Fischer von Waldheim 1809
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Norfolk |
Coordinates: | 52.9° North, 1.3° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 53.0° North, 1.1° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58800 - 0.78100 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Forest Bed |
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 77750 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2008-01-18 08:09:03 | Last modified: | 2008-01-18 10:09:03 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-18 08:09:03 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |
Secondary references:
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] |