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, sandy siltstone
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 164919: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.01.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Valeriana cf. dioca valerian | |
Menyanthes trifoliata Linnaeus 1753 bogbean | |
Ranunculus lingua buttercup
Ranunculus sceleratus Linnaeus 1753 buttercup | |
Filipendula ulmaria rose | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Naumburgia (Lysimachia) thyrsiflora primrose | |
Insecta | |
"Otiorhynchus ovatus" = Otiorhynchus (Pendragon) ovatus Linnaeus 1758 snout beetle
Notaris aethiops Fabricius 1792 snout beetle
Limnobaris pilistriata Stephens 1831 snout beetle | |
Dryops sp. Olivier 1791 long toed water beetle | |
Omalium sp., "Arpedium brachypterum" = Eucnecosum brachypterum, Aleocharinae indet., Gymnusa sp., Anotylus rugosus, Tachinus elongatus
Omalium sp. Gravenhorst 1802 rove beetle
"Arpedium brachypterum" = Eucnecosum brachypterum Gravenhorst 1802 rove beetle
Aleocharinae indet. Fleming 1821 rove beetle
Gymnusa sp. Gravenhorst 1806 rove beetle
Anotylus rugosus Fabricius 1775 rove beetle
Tachinus elongatus Gyllenhal 1810 rove beetle | |
Aphodius sp. Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle |