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Ipswichian mammalian fauna from the Beeston Terrace at Boulton Moor, near Derby

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

P. F. Jones  and
M. F. Stanley
P. F. Jones
Affiliation:
Geology Division, Faculty of Science, Derby College of Art and Technology, Kedleston Road, Derby
M. F. Stanley
Affiliation:
Department of Natural History, Derby Museums and Art Gallery, The Strand, Derby
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Summary

Mammalian remains are reported from a Pleistocene terrace deposit in the lower Derwent Valley near Derby, which is a correlative of the Beeston Terrace of the nearby River Trent. The faunal assemblage is characteristic of the Ipswichian interglacial and compares favourably with previous finds at other Ipswichian sites in southern Britain. The discovery is significant as it provides the strongest evidence so far for a dating of the Beeston Terrace which is critical to the Pleistocene chronology of the region.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 111 , Issue 6 , November 1974 , pp. 515 - 520
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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