Thrupp House Farm, profile A, 0-3 cm (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)

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

• Very dark grey clay mud with some isolated pebbles

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
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Arachnida
 Araneae - Liocranidae
Agroeca sp. Westring 1861 spider
Insecta
 Coleoptera - Helophoridae
Helophorus cf. brevipalpis Bedel 1881 water scavenger beetle
 Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Aphodius sp. Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Quedius sp. Stephens 1829 rove beetle
Olophrum assimile Paykull 1800 rove beetle
Anotylus rugosus Fabricius 1775 rove beetle
 Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Donacia impressa Paykull 1799 leaf beetle
Bruchidius debilis Gyllenhal 1833 leaf beetle
 Coleoptera - Elmidae
"Limnius volkmari" = Limnius volckmari
"Limnius volkmari" = Limnius volckmari Panzer 1793 riffle beetle
Angiospermae
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
 Asterales - Menyanthaceae
Menyanthes trifoliata Linnaeus 1753 bogbean
 Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus (Batrachium) sp. Linnaeus 1753 buttercup
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Carex spp. Linnaeus 1753 sedge
 Charales - Characea
Chara spp. Linnaeus 1753 stonewort