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, 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 164920: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.01.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Angiospermae | |
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Sparganium erectum bur-reed | |
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Schoenoplectus lacustris sedge
Carex nigra sedge | |
| Insecta | |
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Ochthebius minimus Fabricius 1792 minute moss beetle | |
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"Arpedium brachypterum" = Eucnecosum brachypterum Gravenhorst 1802 rove beetle
Stenus sp. Latreille 1796 rove beetle
Aleocharinae indet. Fleming 1821 rove beetle | |
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Helophorus cf. brevipalpis Bedel 1881 water scavenger beetle | |
"Hydrobius fascipes" = Hydrobius fuscipes, Cercyon tristis
"Hydrobius fascipes" = Hydrobius fuscipes Linnaeus 1758 water scavenger beetle
Cercyon tristis Illiger 1801 water scavenger beetle | |
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Aphodius sp. Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle | |
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Agabus sp. Leach 1817 predaceous diving beetle
Colymbetes sp. Clairville 1806 predaceous diving beetle | |