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PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION
Volume 120, Issue -, Pages 58-64Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2009.03.003
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Hippopotamus; MIS 5e; MIS 7; Vertebrate fauna; Avon terraces
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A new Pleistocene vertebrate assemblage from fluvial deposits of the River Severn in Gloucester, England, has yielded the remains of hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), a new record for this terrace system, with additional material from probable bison (cf. Bison priscus) and elephant (Elephantidae sp.). The presence of these taxa indicates fully temperate climatic conditions and the occurrence of hippopotamus, a significant biostratigraphical indicator for the British Late Pleistocene, suggests an age for the assemblage within MIS 5e (the Last Interglacial). This would contradict the older MIS 7-6 age for the gravel body that is currently accepted on the basis of deposit mapping and imply a more complex mode of deposition than presently envisaged in the valley. (C) 2009 The Geologists' Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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