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Boxgrove
West Sussex

 

 

Cold stage deposits
Epoch: Middle Pleistocene; Biozone: 'Cromerian'; MIS: 13
Site: 10; Horizon: 647

chalky gravels, brickearth, and an organic layer (Unit 5a)


Archaeology

No archaeology databased from this horizon.


Fauna

Taxon Family Database source
Sorex runtonensis Soricidae Parfitt, 2015
Sorex savini Hinton, 1911 Soricidae Parfitt, 2015
Neomys sp. Kaup, 1829 Soricidae Parfitt, 2015
Talpa minor (Freudenberg) Talpidae Parfitt, 2015
Talpa europaea Linnaeus, 1758 Talpidae Parfitt, 2015
Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Pliomys episcopalis Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Clethrionomys rufocanus (Sundevall, 1846) Cricetidae Parfitt, 2015
Clethrionomys glareolus (Schreber, 1780) Cricetidae Parfitt, 2015
Microtus oeconomus (Pallas, 1776) Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Microtus gregalis (Pallas, 1779) Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Microtus arvalis (Pallas, 1778) Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Microtus agrestis (Linnaeus, 1761) Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Microtus cf. subterraneus (de Selys-Longchamps, 1836) Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Arvicola sp. Lacépède, 1799 Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Apodemus maastrichtiensis Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Sicista betulina Pallas, 1779 Dipodidae Parfitt, 2015
Ursus deningeri Linnaeus, 1758 Ursidae Parfitt, 2015
Mustela erminea Linnaeus, 1758 Mustelidae Parfitt, 2015
Homo cf. heidelbergensis (fossil remains) Schoetensack, 1908 Hominidae Parfitt, 2015
Equus ferus mosbachensis Reichenau, 1903 Equidae Parfitt, 2015
Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis (Toula, 1902) Rhinocerotidae Parfitt, 2015
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758 Cervidae Parfitt, 2015
Capra sp. Linnaeus, 1758 Bovidae Parfitt, 2015
Bison sp. Smith in Griffith, Smith, & Pidgeon, 1827 Bovidae Parfitt, 2015

 

Interglacial deposits
Epoch: Middle Pleistocene; Biozone: 'Cromerian'; MIS: 13
Site: 10; Horizon: 10

Interglacial marine (Slindon Sand and Slindon Silt), freshwater silts, and an overlying paleosol


Archaeology

Industry Database source
Lower Palaeolithic Roberts and Parfitt, 1999
Cut Marks Roberts and Parfitt, 1999

Fauna

Taxon Family Database source
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus, 1758 Erinacidae Parfitt, 2015
Sorex runtonensis Soricidae Roberts and Parfitt, 1999
Sorex savini Hinton, 1911 Soricidae Roberts and Parfitt, 1999
Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766 Soricidae Parfitt, 2015
Neomys sp. Kaup, 1829 Soricidae Parfitt, 2015
Talpa minor (Freudenberg) Talpidae Parfitt, 2015
Talpa europaea Linnaeus, 1758 Talpidae Parfitt, 2015
Vespertilio murinus Linneaus, 1758 Vespertilionidae Parfitt, 2015
Eptesicus nilssoni (Keyserling and Blasius, 1839) Vespertilionidae Parfitt, 2015
Myotis bechsteinii Kuhl, 1817 Vespertilionidae Parfitt, 2015
Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) Vespertilionidae Parfitt, 2015
Myotis mystacinus Kuhl, 1817 Vespertilionidae Parfitt, 2015
Lepus timidus Linnaeus, 1758 Leporidae Parfitt, 2015
Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758) Leporidae Parfitt, 2015
Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 Castoridae Parfitt, 2015
Eliomys quercinus (Linnaeus, 1766) Gliridae Parfitt, 2015
Muscardinus avellenarius (Linnaeus, 1758) Gliridae Parfitt, 2015
Arvicola cantianus (Hinton, 1910) Muridae Roberts and Parfitt, 1999
Microtus cf. subterraneus (de Selys-Longchamps, 1836) Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Microtus agrestis (Linnaeus, 1761) Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Microtus arvalis (Pallas, 1778) Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Microtus oeconomus (Pallas, 1776) Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Clethrionomys glareolus (Schreber, 1780) Cricetidae Parfitt, 2015
Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Apodemus maastrichtiensis Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Pliomys episcopalis Muridae Roberts and Parfitt, 1999
Myopus schisticolor Miller, 1910 Cricetidae Parfitt, 2015
Sicista betulina Pallas, 1779 Dipodidae Parfitt, 2015
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus, 1758 Sciuridae Parfitt, 2015
Panthera gombaszoegensis Felidae Parfitt, 2015
Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) Felidae Parfitt, 2015
Felis silvestris Schreber, 1775 Felidae Parfitt, 2015
Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben, 1777) Hyaenidae Parfitt, 2015
Canis mosbachensis Canidae Parfitt, 2015
Ursus deningeri Linnaeus, 1758 Ursidae Roberts and Parfitt, 1999
Mustela erminea Linnaeus, 1758 Mustelidae Parfitt, 2015
Mustela lutreola (Linnaeus, 1761) Mustelidae Parfitt, 2015
Mustela nivalis Linnaeus, 1766 Mustelidae Parfitt, 2015
Meles sp. Boddaert, 1785 Mustelidae Parfitt, 2015
Homo cf. heidelbergensis (fossil remains) Schoetensack, 1908 Hominidae Stringer et al., 1998
Equus ferus mosbachensis Reichenau, 1903 Equidae Lister et al., 2010
Stephanorhinus megarhinus (Falconer, 1868) Rhinocerotidae Breda et al., 2010
Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis (Toula, 1902) Rhinocerotidae Roberts and Parfitt, 1999
Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 Suidae Breda et al., 2010
Dama sp. Frisch, 1775 Cervidae Lister et al., 2010
Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) Cervidae Lister et al., 2010
Praemegaceros verticornis (Dawkins, 1869) Cervidae Roberts and Parfitt, 1999
Praemegaceros dawkinsi (Brookes, 1828) Cervidae Roberts and Parfitt, 1999
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758 Cervidae Parfitt, 2015
Bison schoetensacki (Freudenberg, 1910) Bovidae Breda et al., 2010
Elephantidae indet. Gray, 1821 Elephantidae Parfitt, 2015