Selsey (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Sussex (50.7° N, 0.8° W: paleocoordinates 50.7° N, 0.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• The Selsey, West Sussex, site is also thought to represent the early part of the Ipswichian interglacial stage.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• The two most significant herpetological species are Bufo calamila, an endangered British species, and Emys orbicularis, which indicates a milder climate than presently exists in the area. Human artifacts as well as a straight-tusked elephant and an extinct rhino were also collected at the site (Stuart, 1982).

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195208: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 27.07.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo sp., Bufo bufo, Bufo calamita
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad
Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad
Bufo calamita Cope 1864 toad
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis
Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 European pond turtle
 Squamata - Colubridae
Natrix natrix
Natrix natrix Linnaeus 1758 water snake