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 164904: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.01.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Insecta | |
"Dyschirius globosus" = Dyschiriodes globosus, "Bembidion guttula" = Bembidion (Philochthus) guttula, Elaphrus cupreus
"Dyschirius globosus" = Dyschiriodes globosus Herbst 1784 ground beetle
"Bembidion guttula" = Bembidion (Philochthus) guttula Fabricius 1792 ground beetle
Elaphrus cupreus Duftschmid 1812 ground beetle | |
Cercyon tristis Illiger 1801 water scavenger beetle | |
Hydraena cf. riparia Kugelann 1794 minute moss beetle | |
Pycnoglypta lurida Gyllenhal 1813 winter rove beetle
Bledius sp. Leach 1819 rove beetle
Aleocharinae indet. Fleming 1821 rove beetle
Tachyporus sp. Gravenhorst 1802 rove beetle | |
Limnobaris pilistriata Stephens 1831 snout beetle
Gymnetron sp. Schoenherr 1825 snout beetle | |
Dryops sp. Olivier 1791 long toed water beetle | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Hippuris vulgaris Linnaeus 1753 mare's tail | |
Angiospermae | |
Rumex acetosella Linnaeus 1753 dock | |
Menyanthes trifoliata Linnaeus 1753 bogbean | |
Schoenoplectus lacustris sedge
Carex nigra sedge
Carex rostrata sedge
Carex panicea sedge
Carex spp. Linnaeus 1753 sedge | |
Nuphar lutea water lily | |
Chara spp. Linnaeus 1753 stonewort |