The fauna of the channel deposit of early Saalian age at Brandon, Warwickshire

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 1968
• Subjects: Arctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1968.0020; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1968.0020

A fauna consisting of both vertebrates and invertebrates is described from an early Saalian deposit at Brandon, Warwickshire. Some 77 taxa, mostly Coleoptera, including 6 not now occurring in Britain, are recorded and though this is a very limited fauna, possibly due to rapidity of deposition, it is interesting as being probably the first to be described from this time horizon. The animal assemblage suggests deposition in a lake or slowly flowing river bordered by reeds and rushes with a Salix thicket on the surrounding ground. A climate cooler than that of today though not of arctic severity is indicated.