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Epping Forest, Essex, England, UKi
Regional Level Types
Epping ForestDistrict
EssexCounty
EnglandConstituent Country
UKCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Waltham Abbey18,069 (2018)
Grange Hill12,449 (2018)
Buckhurst Hill10,738 (2018)
Chigwell10,354 (2018)
Epping10,289 (2018)
Chipping Ongar6,093 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
336009
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:336009:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Epping Forest, Essex, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
German:
Epping Forest, Essex, England, Vereinigtes Königreich
Italian:
Epping Forest, Essex, Inghilterra, Regno Unito
Russian:
Эппинг-Форест, Эссекс, Англия, Великобритания
Simplified Chinese:
埃平森林區, 埃塞克斯郡, 英格兰, 英国
Spanish:
distrito de Epping Forest, Essex, Inglaterra, Reino Unido
Armenian:
Էփինգ Ֆորեստ շրջան, Էսեքս, Անգլիա, Միացյալ Թագավորություն
Basque:
Epping Forest barrutia, Essex, Ingalaterra, Erresuma Batua
Bavarian:
Epping Forest , England, Vaoanigts Kinireich
Cebuano:
Epping Forest District, Inglatera, Hiniusang Gingharian
Dutch:
Epping Forest, Essex, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Greek:
Δάσος του Έππινγκ , Έσσεξ, Αγγλία, Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο
Hungarian:
Epping Forest, Essex, Anglia, Egyesült Királyság
Korean:
에핑포리스트 구, 에식스주, 잉글랜드, 영국
Luxembourgish:
Epping Forest, Grofschaft Essex, England, Vereenegt Kinnekräich
Norwegian:
Epping Forest , Essex, England, Storbritannia
Polish:
Epping Forest , Essex, Anglia, Wielka Brytania
Portuguese:
Epping Forest , Essex, Inglaterra, Reino Unido
Romanian:
Epping Forest, Essex, Anglia, Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii și al Irlandei de Nord
Serbo-Croatian:
Epping Forest, Essex, Engleska, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
Slovenian:
Epping Forest, Essex, Anglija, Združeno kraljestvo Velike Britanije in Severne Irske
Swedish:
Epping Forest, Essex, England, Storbritannien
Traditional Chinese:
艾坪林, 雅息士郡, 英倫, 英國
Urdu:
اپنگ فارسٹ ضلع, ایسیکس, انگلستان, مملکت متحدہ
Yiddish:
עפינג פארעסט דיסטריקט, עסעקס, ענגלאנד, פאראייניגטע קעניגרייך


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Fossils

There are 3 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences10
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed59.2 Ma (Paleocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
London Clay137.2 - 33.9 Ma (Paleogene)
Woolwich & Reading Beds459.2 - 56 Ma (Paleocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Bufo
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Bufonidae : Bufo0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Rana
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Ranidae : Rana0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Lacerta
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Lacertidae : Lacerta0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Anacardiaceae
family
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Sapindales : Anacardiaceae59.2 - 56 Ma
Paleocene
Otodus obliquus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Otodontidae : Otodus : Otodus obliquus56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Carpolithus
genus
Carpolithus59.2 - 56 Ma
Paleocene
Natsiatum
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Icacinales : Icacinaceae : Natsiatum59.2 - 56 Ma
Paleocene
Rana temporaria
species
Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Ranidae : Rana : Rana temporaria0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Bufo bufo
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Bufonidae : Bufo : Bufo bufo0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 3 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epping_Forest_District
Wikidata ID:Q1347659
GeoNames ID:7290543


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