Wybunbury Moss, level 1 (Holocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (53.0° N, 2.4° W: paleocoordinates 53.5° N, 2.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• 650-750 mm depth (ca. 500 yr BP)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; unlithified peat

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original chitin

Collection methods: core,

• Repository: University of Manchester

Primary reference: A. G. Scott. 2003. Sub-fossil spiders from Holocene peat cores. The Journal of Arachnology 31:1-7 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 146876: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Arachnida
 Araneae - Lycosidae
Alopecosa cf. pulverulenta Clerck 1757 wolf spider
Trochosa terricola Thorell 1856 wolf spider
Pardosa pullata Clerck 1757 wolf spider
? Pirata sp. Sundevall 1833 wolf spider
Pirata piraticus Clerck 1757 wolf spider
 Araneae - Salticidae
Neon ? reticulatus Blackwall 1853 spider
 Araneae - Gnaphosidae
Drassodes cupreus Blackwall 1834 spider
 Araneae - Linyphiidae
Pocadicnemis pumila Blackwall 1841 money spider/sheet weaver
Hypselistes jacksoni Pickard-Cambridge 1902 money spider/sheet weaver
Gonatium rubens Blackwall 1833 money spider/sheet weaver
Cnephalocotes obscurus Blackwall 1834 money spider/sheet weaver
Savignia frontata Blackwall 1833 money spider/sheet weaver