Sample 6, Nightingale Estate pit, Hackney (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)
Where: United Kingdom (51.6° N, 0.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Highbury Silts and Sands Formation, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• MIS 9. 54-64 cm below top of organic deposit.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fine channel fill; unlithified, carbonaceous sandstone
• The sediments were laid down during the infilling of a depression on the floodplain of a large river. The site of deposition appears to have been a water body throughout the period of sedimentation with most of the infill deposited as a succession of sand-rich pulses from floodwater inflow from a nearby main channel of the river. Intervals of quiet-water sedimentation become more common and more sustained upward and the sedimentological and fossil evidence suggests that the water body was changing progressively in character. The dominance of running-water species in the insect fauna even in the upper part of the sequence suggests that the water body continued to serve as a subsidiary channel on the floodplain rather than becoming an enclosed pond.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. P. Green, N. P. Branch, G. R. Coope, M. H. Field, D. H. Keen, J. M. Wells, J. L. Schwenninger, R. C. Preece, D. C. Schreve, M. G. Canti, and C. P. Gleed-Owen. 2006. Marine Isotope Stage 9 environments of fluvial deposits at Hackney, north London, UK. Quaternary Science Reviews 25:89-113 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 168268: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.04.2015
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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| Insecta | |
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Dryophilus sp. Chevrolat 1832 spider beetle | |
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Pelochares versicolor Waltl 1833 pill beetle | |
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Dryops sp. Olivier 1791 long toed water beetle | |
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Limnichus pygmaeus Sturm 1807 minute marsh loving beetle | |
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Hypnoidus riparius Fabricius 1792 click beetle | |
"Throscus sp." = Trixagus
"Throscus sp." = Trixagus Kugelann 1794 beetle | |
Micropeplus staphylinoides, Pseudopsis sulcata, Bryaxis sp., Pselaphaulax dresdensis, Aleocharinae indet., Philonthus sp., Stenus spp., Phosphuga atrata, Silpha obscura, Tachyporus sp., Stilicus cf. similis, "Oxytelus nitidulus" = Anotylus nitidulus, Platystethus cornutus, Oxytelus laqueatus, "Trogophloeus sp." = Carpelimus, Bledius sp.
Micropeplus staphylinoides Marsham 1802 rove beetle
Pseudopsis sulcata Newman 1834 rove beetle
Bryaxis sp. Kugelann 1794 rove beetle
Pselaphaulax dresdensis Herbst 1791 rove beetle
Aleocharinae indet. Fleming 1821 rove beetle
Philonthus sp. Curtis 1829 rove beetle
Stenus spp. Latreille 1796 rove beetle
Phosphuga atrata Linnaeus 1758 rove beetle
Silpha obscura Linnaeus 1758 rove beetle
Tachyporus sp. Gravenhorst 1802 rove beetle
Stilicus cf. similis Erichson 1839 rove beetle
"Oxytelus nitidulus" = Anotylus nitidulus Gravenhorst 1802 rove beetle
Platystethus cornutus Gravenhorst 1802 rove beetle
Oxytelus laqueatus Marsham 1802 rove beetle
"Trogophloeus sp." = Carpelimus Leach 1819 rove beetle
Bledius sp. Leach 1819 rove beetle | |
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Agathidium laevigatum Erichson 1845 round fungus beetle | |
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Hydraena sp. Kugelann 1794 minute moss beetle
Ochthebius minimus Fabricius 1792 minute moss beetle | |
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Ptenidium sp. Erichson 1845 feather-winged beetle | |
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Onthophilus striatus Forster 1771 clown beetle
Chaetabraeus globulus Creutzer 1799 clown beetle
Hister sp. Linnaeus 1758 clown beetle | |
Laccobius sp., Megasternum boletophagum, Cercyon analis, Cryptopleurum minutum, Coelostoma orbiculare
Laccobius sp. Erichson 1837 water scavenger beetle
Megasternum boletophagum Marsham 1802 water scavenger beetle
Cercyon analis Paykull 1798 water scavenger beetle
Cryptopleurum minutum Fabricius 1775 water scavenger beetle
Coelostoma orbiculare Fabricius 1775 water scavenger beetle | |
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Valgus hemipterus Linnaeus 1758 flower chafer
Aphodius spp. Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle
Serica brunnea Linnaeus 1758 scarab beetle | |
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Corylophus cassidoides Marsham 1802 minute hooded beetle | |
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Corticarina sp. Reitter 1881 minute brown scavenger beetle | |
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Donacia crassipes Fabricius 1775 leaf beetle
Donacia semicuprea Panzer 1796 leaf beetle
Plateumaris sericea Linnaeus 1761 reed leaf beetle
Macroplea appendiculata Panzer 1794 leaf beetle | |
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Apion sp. Herbst 1797 weevil | |
Rhamphus pulicarius, Anthonomus sp., Curculio venosus, "Tanysphyrus lemnae" = Tanysphyrus (Tanysphyrus) lemnae, Rhynchaenus quercus, Polydrusus sp., Phyllobius sp., "Otiorhynchus ovatus" = Otiorhynchus (Pendragon) ovatus, "Ernoporus fagi" = Ernoporicus fagi, Bagous sp., Micrelus ericae
Rhamphus pulicarius Herbst 1795 snout beetle
Anthonomus sp. Germar 1817 snout beetle
Curculio venosus Gravenhorst 1807 snout beetle
"Tanysphyrus lemnae" = Tanysphyrus (Tanysphyrus) lemnae Fabricius 1792 snout beetle
Rhynchaenus quercus Linnaeus 1758 snout beetle
Polydrusus sp. Germar 1817 snout beetle
Phyllobius sp. Schoenher 1824 snout beetle
"Otiorhynchus ovatus" = Otiorhynchus (Pendragon) ovatus Linnaeus 1758 snout beetle
"Ernoporus fagi" = Ernoporicus fagi Fabricius 1798 bark beetle
Bagous sp. Germar 1817 snout beetle
Micrelus ericae Gyllenhal 1813 snout beetle | |
"Atomaria mesomelaena" = Atomaria mesomela
"Atomaria mesomelaena" = Atomaria mesomela Herbst 1792 silken fungus beetle | |
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Phalacrus caricis Sturm 1807 beetle | |
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Helodidae indet. Shuckard 1839 beetle | |
"Bembidium harpaloides" = Ocys harpaloides, Bembidion gilvipes, "Bembidion assimile" = Bembidion (Diplocampa) assimile, Bembidion minimum, "Bembidion articulatum" = Bembidion (Trepanes) articulatum, "Bembidion lampros" = Bembidion (Metallina) lampros, Paranchus albipes, "Dyschirius globosus" = Dyschiriodes globosus
"Bembidium harpaloides" = Ocys harpaloides Audinet-Serville 1821 ground beetle
Bembidion gilvipes Sturm 1825 ground beetle
"Bembidion assimile" = Bembidion (Diplocampa) assimile Gyllenhal 1810 ground beetle
Bembidion minimum Fabricius 1792 ground beetle
"Bembidion articulatum" = Bembidion (Trepanes) articulatum Panzer 1796 ground beetle
"Bembidion lampros" = Bembidion (Metallina) lampros Herbst 1784 ground beetle
Paranchus albipes Fabricius 1794 ground beetle
"Dyschirius globosus" = Dyschiriodes globosus Herbst 1784 ground beetle | |
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Orectochilus villosus Müller 1776 whirligig beetle | |
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Colymbetes sp. Clairville 1806 predaceous diving beetle | |
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Haliplus sp. Latreille 1802 crawling water beetle | |