Marine Isotope Stage 13
Marine Isotope Stage 13 or MIS 13 is a Marine isotope stage in the geologic temperature record, in Britain covering the Cromerian interglacial period between ~524,000 and 474,000 years ago. It is split into three substages, MIS 13a MIS 13b, and MIS 13c. Some records indicate that MIS 13a was an unstable warm peak with a cold split in the middle at MIS 13.12 - separating warm MIS 13.11 and 13.13[1]
Sites
Britain
High Lodge, Suffolk
Waverley Wood, Warwickshire
Happisburgh 1, Norfolk
Boxgrove, West Sussex
Ecology
Flora
Early domination of birch, pine, and spruce. Mixed-oak forests follow (predominantly Alder, Oak, Hornbeam, and Hazel).
Fauna
Mammals
| Binomial | Common name | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Erinaceus sp. | Hedgehog | ? |
| Sorex minutus | Pygmy shrew | ? |
| Sorex runtonensis † | ? | |
| Sorex savini † | ? | |
| Neomys sp. | Water shrew | ? |
| Talpa europaea | Common mole | ? |
| Talpa minor † | Pygmy mole | ? |
| Homo sp. | Hominid | ? |
| Lepus timidus | Mountain hare | ? |
| Oryctolagus cuniculus | Common European rabbit | ? |
| Plecotus auritus | Long-eared bat | ? |
| Myotis mystacinus | Whiskered bat | ? |
| Myotis bechsteini | Bechstein's bat | ? |
| Scuirus sp. | Squirrel | ? |
| Canis lupus | Wolf | ? |
| Ursus deningeri † | Bear | ? |
References
- ↑ Bassinot, Franck C.; Labeyrie, Laurent D.; Vincent, Edith; Quidelleur, Xavier; Shackleton, Nicholas J.; Lancelot, Yves (1994). "The astronomical theory of climate and the age of the Brunhes-Matuyama magnetic reversal". Earth and Planetary Science Letters 1 (126): 103. Bibcode:1994E&PSL.126...91B. doi:10.1016/0012-821x(94)90244-5.
- ↑ Pettitt, Paul; White, Mark (2012). The British Palaeolithic. Routledge. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-415-67455-3.
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