Ostend: Middle Pleistocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Esociformes
- Esocidae
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Esox lucius
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Actinopteri
- Cypriniformes
- Cyprinidae
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Leuciscus cephalus
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Gallus sp.
Brisson 1766
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Gallus europaeus
Harrison 1978
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Harrison 1985 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Melanitta nigra
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Harrison 1985 | ||||||
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Athya ferina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
| recombined as Aythya ferina | |||||||
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Netta rufina
(Pallas 1773)
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Harrison 1979 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex vulgaris
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Sorex pygmaeus
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Arvicola amphibius
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciurus ? vulgaris
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Essex |
| Coordinates: | 51.6° North, 0.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.6° North, 0.8° 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: | Cromer 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: | 78015 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-01-25 06:30:48 | Last modified: | 2008-01-29 10:03:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-25 06:30:48 |
| 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:
| 26340 | P. L. Gibbard, J. A. Zalasiewcz, and S. J. Mathers. 1998. Stratigraphy of the marine Plio-Pleistocene crag deposits of East Anglia. Mededelingen Neerlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO 60:239-262 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 75039 | C. J. O. Harrison. 1979. Birds of the Cromer Forest Bed series of the East Anglian Pleistocene. Transactions of the Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society 25(1):277-286 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 40564 | C. J. O. Harrison. 1985. The Pleistocene birds of south-eastern England. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Norfolk 35:53-70 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |