Cromer Forest Bed Formation
130 distinct taxa, from 231 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 2.6–0.1 Mya.
England, Norfolk, Suffolk · UK
130 taxa · 231 fossils · 2.6–0.1 MyaMembers recorded: West Runton, Rootlet, Gravel.
Macrostrat places this rock in the Dunwich Group, in the Great Britain Superficial Deposits Supergroup, and dates it 2.6–0 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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6 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Megaloceros
- Cervus
- Equus
- Hippopotamus major
- Sus scrofa
- Bison
- Bovinae
- Crocuta crocuta
- Esox lucius
- Mammuthus trogontherii
- Rana
- Sorex
- Stephanorhinus etruscus
- Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis
- Arvicola
- Cervus elaphus
- Equus caballus
- Hippopotamus amphibius
- Leuciscus
- Rana temporaria
- Trogontherium
- Ursus spelaeus
- Acipenser
- Allohippus stenonis
- Apodemus sylvaticus
- Arvicola (Evotomys) intermedius
- Arvicola amphibius
- Canis lupus
- Castor
- Castor fiber
- Dama dama
- Delphinapterus leucas
- Delphinus
- Erignathus barbatus
- Eubalaena glacialis
- Gadus
- Homotherium
- Lutra simplicidens
- Martes
- Melanitta nigra
The 40 most often recorded, of 130.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.