Faunal list of the West Runton Freshwater Bed, 2010

Pisces
	1	Esox lucius	pike	+	Boehme (2010)
	2	Percidae indet.(? Gymnocephalus)	ruff?	+	Boehme (2010)
	3	Perca fluviatilis	perch	+	Boehme (2010)
	4	Tinca tinca	tench	+	Boehme (2010)
	5	Abramis bjoerkna	white bream	+	Boehme (2010)
	6	Scardinius erythrophthalmus	rudd	+	Boehme (2010)
	7	Rutilus rutilus	roach	+	Boehme (2010)
	8	Leuciscus idus	ide	+	Boehme (2010)
	9	Anguilla anguilla	common eel	+	Boehme (2010)
	10	Gasterosteus aculeatus	three-spined stickleback	+	Boehme (2010)
Amphibia
	1	Triturus vulgaris	smooth newt	+	Boehme (2010)
	2	Triturus n. sp.	crested newt^a	+	Boehme (2010)
	3	Bufo bufo	common toad	+	Boehme (2010)
	4	Hyla arborea	common tree frog	+	Boehme (2010)
	5	Rana arvalis	moor frog	+	Boehme (2010)
	6	Rana (Ridibunda) sp.	a water frog	+	Boehme (2010)
	7	Rana temporaria	common frog	+	Boehme (2010)
	8	Rana cf. R. dalmatina	cf. agile frog	+	Boehme (2010)
Reptilia
	1	Anguis fragilis	slow worm	+	Boehme (2010)
	2	Natrix natrix	grass snake	+	Boehme (2010)
	3	Vipera berus	adder	+	Boehme (2010)
Aves
	1	Phalacrocorax cf. carbo	cormorant	-	Stewart (2010)
	2	Cygnus sp.	a swan	-	Stewart (2010)
	3	Anser sp.	a goose	+	Stewart (2010)
	4	Anatinae spp.	ducks	+	Stewart (2010)
	5	Anatinae: 'Somateria gravipes'	a duck^a	-	Stewart (2010)
	6	Grus sp., cf. Grus grus	cf. common crane	-	Stewart (2010)
	7	cf. Gallinula chloropus	moorhen	-	Stewart (2010)
	8	Turdus sp.	a thrush	-	Stewart (2010)
	9	Sturnus sp.	a starling	+	Stewart (2010)
	10	small corvid	crow family	-	Stewart (2010)
	11	Passeriformes indet.	perching bird(s)	+	Stewart (2010)
Mammalia
Chiroptera	1	Nyctalus noctula	noctule bat	-	Harrison and Bates (1984)
Insectivora	2	Sorex runtonensis	a shrew^a	+	Maul and Parfitt (2010)
	3	Sorex savini	a shrew^a	+	Maul and Parfitt (2010)
	4	Sorex cf. minutus	pigmy shrew	+	Harrison and Clayden (1993)
	5	Macroneomys brachygnathus	a (large) shrew^a	-	Harrison et al. (2006)
	6	Neomys newtoni	a water shrew^a	+	Maul and Parfitt (2010)
	7	Desmana sp.	a desman	+	Maul and Parfitt (2010)
	8	Talpa minor	a mole^a	+	Maul and Parfitt (2010)
	9	Talpa europaea	common mole	+	Maul and Parfitt (2010)
	10	Erinaceus sp.	a hedgehog	-	Maul and Parfitt (2010)
Primates	11	Macaca sylvanus	Barbary macaque^b	-	Hinton (1908)
Lagomorpha	12	Lepus sp.	a hare	-	Mayhew (1975)
Rodentia	13	Sciurus whitei^b	a squirrel^a	-	Hinton (1914)
	14	Castor fiber	beaver	+	Mayhew (1979)
	15	Trogontherium cuvieri	beaver-like rodent^a	-	Mayhew (1978)
	16	Cricetus runtonensis	a hamster^a	+	Maul and Parfitt (2010)
	17	Cricetulus migratoriusc Grey	dwarf hamster	-	Maul and Parfitt (2010)
	18	Pliomys episcopalis	a vole^a	+	Maul and Parfitt (2010)
	19	Clethrionomys hintonianus	a bank vole^a	+	Maul and Parfitt (2010)
	20	Mimomys savini	a water vole^a	+	Maul and Parfitt (2010)
	21	Microtus 'arvalinus'	a vole^a	+	Maul and Parfitt (2010)
	22	Microtus gregaloides	a vole^a	+	Maul and Parfitt (2010)
	23	Microtus arvalidens	a vole^a	+	Maul and Parfitt (2010)
	24	Microtus ratticepoides	a vole^a	+	Maul and Parfitt (2010)
	25	Apodemus sylvaticus	wood mouse	+	Maul and Parfitt (2010)
Carnivora	26	Canis mosbachensis	a small wolf^a	-	not described in detail, listed Stuart (1981)
	27	Xenocyon lycaonoides	a wild dog^a	-	Jonathan Stewart coll., unpublished
	28	Lutra simplicidens	an otter^a	+	Willemsen (1992)
	29	Pannonictis pliocaenica	a small mustelid^a	-	not described in detail, listed Stuart (1981)
	30	Martes martes	pine marten	-	not described in detail, listed Stuart (1981)
	31	Mustela nivalis	weasel	-	not described in detail, listed Stuart (1981)
	32	Mustela erminea	stoat	-	not described in detail, listed Stuart (1981)
	33	Ursus sp.	a bear^a	+	Lewis et al. (2010)
	34	Crocuta crocuta	spotted hyaena	+	Lewis et al. (2010)
	35	cf. Pachycrocuta brevirostris	'giant' hyaena^a	+	Parfitt and Larkin (in press)
	36	Felis sp.	a serval-like cat	+	Lewis et al. (2010)
	37	Felis cf. lunensis	a small cat^a	+	Lewis et al. (2010)
	38	cf. Lynx sp.	a lynx	+	Lewis et al. (2010)
	39	Panthera leo	lion	-	Lewis et al. (2010)
	40	Panthera gombaszoegensis	'European jaguar'^a	-	Lewis et al. (2010)
	41	Homotherium latidens	a sabretooth^a	-	Lewis et al. (2010)
Proboscidea	42	Mammuthus trogontherii	a mammoth^a	+	Lister and Stuart (2010)
Perissodactyla	43	Equus cf. suessenbornensis	large stenonid horse^a	+	Lister et al. (2010)
	44	Equus cf. altidens	small stenonid horse^a	-	Lister et al. (2010)
	45	Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis	a rhino^a	+	Breda et al. (2010)
	46	Stephanorhinus sp. A aff. S. etruscus/hundsheimensis	a rhino^a	-	Breda et al. (2010)
	47	Stephanorhinus sp. B aff. S. etruscus/hundsheimensis	a rhino^a	-	Breda et al. (2010)
Artiodactyla	48	Sus scrofa	wild boar	-	Lister et al. (2010)
	49	Dama sp.	a fallow deer^a	+	Lister et al. (2010)
	50	Praemegaceros verticornis	a giant deer^a	+	Lister et al. (2010)
	51	Megaloceros savini	a giant deer^a	-	Lister et al. (2010)
	52	Cervalces latifrons	an elk/moose^a	-	Lister et al. (2010)
	53	Cervus elaphus	red deer	-	Lister et al. (2010)
	55	Capreolus capreolus	roe deer	+	Lister et al. (2010)
	56	Bison cf. schoetensacki	a bison^a	+	Breda et al. (2010)

a extinct taxon.
b 'Monkey Gravel' only.
c 'Bed g' only
+ in WRM excavation
- not in WRM excavation

References:

Breda, M., Collinge, S.E., Parfitt, S.A., Lister, A.M., 2010. Metric analysis of ungulate mammals in the early Middle Pleistocene of Britain, in relation to taxonomy and biostratigraphy. I: Rhinocerotidae and Bovidae. Quaternary International 228 (1-2), 136-156.

Böhme, Madelaine 2010. Ectothermic vertebrates, climate and environment of theWest Runton Freshwater Bed (early Middle Pleistocene, Cromerian). Quaternary International 228 (2010) 63-71

Harrison, D.L., Bates, P.J.J., 1984. Occurrence of Nyctalus noctula Schreber, 1774 (Chiroptera: Verspertilionidae) in the Cromerian Interglacial of England. Mammalia 48, 603-606.

Harrison, D.L., Clayden, J.D., 1993. New records of Beremendia fissidens Petenyi, 1864 and Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1776 (Insectivora: Soricidae) from the British Lower and Middle Pleistocene. Cranium 10, 97-99.

Harrison, D.L., Parfitt, S.A., Stuart, A.J., 2006. Occurrence of Macroneomys brachygnathus Fejfar, 1966 in the British Middle Pleistocene, with a review of the status of Beremendia fissidens (Petényi, 1864) in Britain (Mammalia, Lipotyphla, Soricidae). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 49A (1-2), 119-124.

Hinton, M.A.C., 1908. Note on the discovery of the bone of a monkey in the Norfolk Forest Bed. Geological Magazine 5, 440-444.

Hinton, M.A.C., 1914. On some remains of rodents from the Red Crag of Suffolk and from the Norfolk Forest-Bed. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 (13), 186-195.

Lewis, M.D., Pacher, M., Turner, A., 2010. The larger Carnivora of the West Runton Freshwater Bed. With an appendix: Parfitt, S.A., Larkin, N.R. Exceptionally large hyaena coprolites from West Runton and the possible presence of the giant short-faced hyaena (Pachycrocuta brevirostris). Quaternary International 228 (1-2), 116-135.

Lister, A.M., Parfitt, S.A., Owen, F.J., Collinge, S.E., Breda, M., 2010. Metric analysis of ungulate mammals in the early Middle Pleistocene of Britain, in relation to taxonomy and biostratigraphy. II: Cervidae, Equidae and Suidae. Quaternary International 228 (1-2), 157-179.

Maul, Lutz C. and Parfitt, Simon A. 2010. Micromammals from the 1995 Mammoth Excavation at West Runton, Norfolk, UK: Morphometric data, biostratigraphy and taxonomic reappraisal. Quaternary International 228 (2010) 91-115

Mayhew, D.F., 1975. The Quaternary History of some British Rodents and Lagomorphs. PhD thesis. University of Cambridge, pp. 306.

Mayhew, D.F., 1978. Reinterpretation of the extinct beaver Trogontherium (Mammalia, Rodentia). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 281, 407-438.

Mayhew, D.F., 1979. Evolution of a dental character in the beaver Castor fiber L. (Mammalia: Rodentia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 65, 177-184.

Parfitt, S.A., Larkin, N.R. 2010. Exceptionally large hyaena coprolites from West Runton and the possible presence of the giant short-faced hyaena (Pachycrocuta brevirostris). Quaternary International, in press.

Stewart, John R. 2010. The bird remains from the West Runton Freshwater Bed, Norfolk, England. Quaternary International 228 (2010) 72-90

Stuart, A.J. and Lister, A.M. 2010. The West Runton Freshwater Bed and the West Runton Mammoth: Summary and conclusions. Quaternary International 228 (2010) 241-248

Willemsen, G.F., 1992. A revision of the Pliocene and Quaternary Lutrinae from Europe. Scripta Geologica 101, 1-115.

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