Fossil mammals


Over the years the Harrison Institute has conducted a number of projects on the fossil mammal faunas of the UK and continental Europe. Four are outlined below.  In addition, fossil material was collected from a number of other sites in the UK and these specimens are held in the collections of the Institute. These sites included Westbury-sub-Mendip (Middle Pleistocene – 250,000 years before present); Cudmore Grove (Hoxnian, Middle Pleistocene – 220,000 years b. p.); Shropham (Ipswichian - 120,000 years b. p.); and Itteringham (Ipswichian – 120,000 years b. p.).

1: A study of the mammal fauna of a late Pleistocene (Devensian) site in Kent, UK

2: A review of the small mammal faunas from a variety Middle and Early Pleistocene sites of north Norfolk

3: A collaborative study of mammals from the Early Pliocene and Late Pleistocene of Poland

4: A systematic study of the Priabonian (Late Eocene) sites of Hordle in Hampshire and Headon Hill on the Isle of Wight