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
| Insecta | |
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Aphodius sp. Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle | |
"Arpedium brachypterum" = Eucnecosum brachypterum, Omalium sp., Anotylus rugosus, Aleocharinae indet., Gymnusa sp., Tachinus elongatus
"Arpedium brachypterum" = Eucnecosum brachypterum Gravenhorst 1802 rove beetle
Omalium sp. Gravenhorst 1802 rove beetle
Anotylus rugosus Fabricius 1775 rove beetle
Aleocharinae indet. Fleming 1821 rove beetle
Gymnusa sp. Gravenhorst 1806 rove beetle
Tachinus elongatus Gyllenhal 1810 rove beetle | |
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Notaris aethiops Fabricius 1792 snout beetle
Limnobaris pilistriata Stephens 1831 snout beetle
"Otiorhynchus ovatus" = Otiorhynchus (Pendragon) ovatus Linnaeus 1758 snout beetle | |
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Dryops sp. Olivier 1791 long toed water beetle | |
| Dicotyledoneae | |
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Naumburgia (Lysimachia) thyrsiflora primrose | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Filipendula ulmaria rose | |
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Menyanthes trifoliata Linnaeus 1753 bogbean | |
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Valeriana cf. dioca valerian | |
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Ranunculus lingua buttercup
Ranunculus sceleratus Linnaeus 1753 buttercup | |