A pre‐Ipswichian cold stage mammalian fauna from the Balderton Sand and Gravel, Lincolnshire, England
Abstract The Balderton Sand and Gravel has yielded one of very few mammalian faunas dated to the penultimate Cold Stage in Britain. The assemblage is dominated by mammoth and woolly rhinoceros, with subordinate horse, red deer, bison, straight‐tusked elephant, musk ox, reindeer, wolf, lion, brown be...
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crwiley:10.1002/jqs.3390060204 2024-06-02T08:10:29+00:00 A pre‐Ipswichian cold stage mammalian fauna from the Balderton Sand and Gravel, Lincolnshire, England Lister, Adrian M. Brandon, Allan 1991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3390060204 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjqs.3390060204 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jqs.3390060204 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Quaternary Science volume 6, issue 2, page 139-157 ISSN 0267-8179 1099-1417 journal-article 1991 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3390060204 2024-05-03T12:05:34Z Abstract The Balderton Sand and Gravel has yielded one of very few mammalian faunas dated to the penultimate Cold Stage in Britain. The assemblage is dominated by mammoth and woolly rhinoceros, with subordinate horse, red deer, bison, straight‐tusked elephant, musk ox, reindeer, wolf, lion, brown bear and cf. narrow‐nosed rhinoceros. This fauna indicates cold stage conditions, probably including one or more interstadial episodes. The presence of straight‐tusked elephant and cf. narrow‐nosed rhinoceros supports its pre‐Devensian age, and provides corroboration for the occurrence of these taxa in the British Wolstonian. An attempt is made to analyse the fossil collection by preservation type and adhering sediment: the occurrence of individual species appears to be largely uncorrelated with lithology. The Balderton assemblage corresponds well to other British mammal faunas assigned to a cold interval between the Hoxnian and Ipswichian Interglacials. Article in Journal/Newspaper musk ox Wiley Online Library Journal of Quaternary Science 6 2 139 157 |
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Abstract The Balderton Sand and Gravel has yielded one of very few mammalian faunas dated to the penultimate Cold Stage in Britain. The assemblage is dominated by mammoth and woolly rhinoceros, with subordinate horse, red deer, bison, straight‐tusked elephant, musk ox, reindeer, wolf, lion, brown bear and cf. narrow‐nosed rhinoceros. This fauna indicates cold stage conditions, probably including one or more interstadial episodes. The presence of straight‐tusked elephant and cf. narrow‐nosed rhinoceros supports its pre‐Devensian age, and provides corroboration for the occurrence of these taxa in the British Wolstonian. An attempt is made to analyse the fossil collection by preservation type and adhering sediment: the occurrence of individual species appears to be largely uncorrelated with lithology. The Balderton assemblage corresponds well to other British mammal faunas assigned to a cold interval between the Hoxnian and Ipswichian Interglacials. |
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Lister, Adrian M. Brandon, Allan A pre‐Ipswichian cold stage mammalian fauna from the Balderton Sand and Gravel, Lincolnshire, England |
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A pre‐Ipswichian cold stage mammalian fauna from the Balderton Sand and Gravel, Lincolnshire, England |
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A pre‐Ipswichian cold stage mammalian fauna from the Balderton Sand and Gravel, Lincolnshire, England |
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A pre‐Ipswichian cold stage mammalian fauna from the Balderton Sand and Gravel, Lincolnshire, England |
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A pre‐Ipswichian cold stage mammalian fauna from the Balderton Sand and Gravel, Lincolnshire, England |
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A pre‐Ipswichian cold stage mammalian fauna from the Balderton Sand and Gravel, Lincolnshire, England |
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pre‐ipswichian cold stage mammalian fauna from the balderton sand and gravel, lincolnshire, england |
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