Where: England, United Kingdom (51.7° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 51.7° N, 1.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Floodplain Terrace, late Devensian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified, pebbly, gray claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in 1973
Primary reference: M. M. Aalto, G. R. Coope, and P. L. Gibbard. 1984. Late Devensian river deposits beneath the floodplain terrace of the River Thames at Abingdon, Berkshire, England. Proceedings of the Geologists Association 95:65-79 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 164903: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.01.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Arachnida | |
Agroeca sp. Westring 1861 spider | |
Insecta | |
Helophorus cf. brevipalpis Bedel 1881 water scavenger beetle | |
Aphodius sp. Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle | |
Quedius sp. Stephens 1829 rove beetle
Olophrum assimile Paykull 1800 rove beetle
Anotylus rugosus Fabricius 1775 rove beetle | |
Donacia impressa Paykull 1799 leaf beetle
Bruchidius debilis Gyllenhal 1833 leaf beetle | |
"Limnius volkmari" = Limnius volckmari
"Limnius volkmari" = Limnius volckmari Panzer 1793 riffle beetle | |
Angiospermae | |
Potentilla erecta cinquefoil | |
Polygonum hydropiper knotweed | |
Menyanthes trifoliata Linnaeus 1753 bogbean | |
Thalictrum flavum meadow-rue
Ranunculus (Batrachium) sp. Linnaeus 1753 buttercup | |
Schoenoplectus lacustris sedge
Carex nigra sedge
Carex rostrata sedge
Carex spp. Linnaeus 1753 sedge | |
Chara spp. Linnaeus 1753 stonewort |