Sample 5, Nightingale Estate pit, Hackney (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)
Where: United Kingdom (51.6° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 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. 44-54 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 168269: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.04.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Insecta | |
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Corticarina sp. Reitter 1881 minute brown scavenger beetle | |
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Macroplea appendiculata Panzer 1794 leaf beetle
Donacia semicuprea Panzer 1796 leaf beetle
Plateumaris sericea Linnaeus 1761 reed leaf beetle
Prasocuris phellandrii Linnaeus 1758 leaf beetle | |
"Otiorhynchus ovatus" = Otiorhynchus (Pendragon) ovatus, Phyllobius sp., Bagous sp., Rhynchaenus quercus, "Tanysphyrus lemnae" = Tanysphyrus (Tanysphyrus) lemnae, Platypus cylindrus, Anthonomus sp., Rhamphus pulicarius, Xyleborus dryographus, Hylesinus crenatus, Scolytus koenigi, Rhyncolus sp., "Rhyncolus punctulatus" = Rhyncolus punctatulus
"Otiorhynchus ovatus" = Otiorhynchus (Pendragon) ovatus Linnaeus 1758 snout beetle
Phyllobius sp. Schoenher 1824 snout beetle
Bagous sp. Germar 1817 snout beetle
Rhynchaenus quercus Linnaeus 1758 snout beetle
"Tanysphyrus lemnae" = Tanysphyrus (Tanysphyrus) lemnae Fabricius 1792 snout beetle
Platypus cylindrus Fabricius 1792 ambrosia beetle
Anthonomus sp. Germar 1817 snout beetle
Rhamphus pulicarius Herbst 1795 snout beetle
Xyleborus dryographus Ratzeburg 1837 bark beetle
Hylesinus crenatus Fabricius 1787 bark beetle
Scolytus koenigi Schevyrew 1890 bark beetle
Rhyncolus sp. Germar 1817 snout beetle
"Rhyncolus punctulatus" = Rhyncolus punctatulus Boheman 1838 snout beetle | |
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Apion sp. Herbst 1797 weevil | |
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Colydium elongatum Fabricius 1787 ironclad beetle | |
"Epuria sp." = Epuraea
"Epuria sp." = Epuraea Erichson 1843 sap beetle | |
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Aspidiphorus orbiculatus Gyllenhal 1808 cryptic slime mold beetle | |
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Agriotes pallidulus Illiger 1807 click beetle
Adelocera murina Linnaeus 1758 click beetle | |
"Helichus substriatus" = Pomatinus substriatus
"Helichus substriatus" = Pomatinus substriatus Muller 1806 long toed water beetle | |
Elmis aenea, Esolus parallelepipedus, "Normandia nitens" = Riolus nitens, Limnius volckmari, "Stenelmis canaliculatus" = Stenelmis canaliculata, Oulimnius tuberculatus, Oulimnius troglodytes, Macronychus quadrituberculatus
Elmis aenea Muller 1806 riffle beetle
Esolus parallelepipedus Muller 1806 riffle beetle
"Normandia nitens" = Riolus nitens Muller 1817 riffle beetle
Limnius volckmari Panzer 1793 riffle beetle
"Stenelmis canaliculatus" = Stenelmis canaliculata Gyllenhal 1808 riffle beetle
Oulimnius tuberculatus Muller 1806 riffle beetle
Oulimnius troglodytes Gyllenhal 1827 riffle beetle
Macronychus quadrituberculatus Muller 1806 riffle beetle | |
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Agrilus sp. Curtis 1825 jewel beetle | |
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Pelochares versicolor Waltl 1833 pill beetle | |
Phosphuga atrata, Aleocharinae indet., Pselaphaulax dresdensis, Bryaxis sp., "Oxytelus rugosus" = Anotylus rugosus, Platystethus nitens, Platystethus cornutus, "Trogophloeus sp." = Carpelimus, Xantholinus sp., Lathrobium sp., Stenus spp., Stenus biguttatus
Phosphuga atrata Linnaeus 1758 rove beetle
Aleocharinae indet. Fleming 1821 rove beetle
Pselaphaulax dresdensis Herbst 1791 rove beetle
Bryaxis sp. Kugelann 1794 rove beetle
"Oxytelus rugosus" = Anotylus rugosus Fabricius 1775 rove beetle
Platystethus nitens Sahlberg 1832 rove beetle
Platystethus cornutus Gravenhorst 1802 rove beetle
"Trogophloeus sp." = Carpelimus Leach 1819 rove beetle
Xantholinus sp. Dejean 1821 rove beetle
Lathrobium sp. Gravenhorst 1802 rove beetle
Stenus spp. Latreille 1796 rove beetle
Stenus biguttatus Linnaeus 1758 rove beetle | |
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Ptenidium sp. Erichson 1845 feather-winged beetle
Acrotrichis sp. Moltschulsky 1848 feather-winged beetle | |
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Hydraena sp. Kugelann 1794 minute moss beetle
Ochthebius minimus Fabricius 1792 minute moss beetle | |
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Aphodius spp. Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle
Pleurophorus caesus Creutzer 1796 scarab beetle
Onthophagus sp. Latreille 1802 scarab beetle
Valgus hemipterus Linnaeus 1758 flower chafer | |
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Helophorus spp. Fabricius 1775 water scavenger beetle | |
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Paracymus sp. Thomson 1867 water scavenger beetle
Hydrobius fuscipes Linnaeus 1758 water scavenger beetle
Cercyon analis Paykull 1798 water scavenger beetle
Coelostoma orbiculare Fabricius 1775 water scavenger beetle | |
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Helodidae indet. Shuckard 1839 beetle | |
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Haliplus sp. Latreille 1802 crawling water beetle | |
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Orectochilus villosus Müller 1776 whirligig beetle
Gyrinus sp. Geoffroy 1762 whirligig beetle | |
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Colymbetes sp. Clairville 1806 predaceous diving beetle
Ilybius sp. Erichson 1832 predaceous diving beetle | |
"Bembidion lampros" = Bembidion (Metallina) lampros, Bembidion semipunctatum, "Bembidion assimile" = Bembidion (Diplocampa) assimile, "Bembidion articulatum" = Bembidion (Trepanes) articulatum, Oodes helopioides, Calathus piceus, "Dyschirius globosus" = Dyschiriodes globosus, "Dyschirius aeneus" = Dyschiriodes aeneus
"Bembidion lampros" = Bembidion (Metallina) lampros Herbst 1784 ground beetle
Bembidion semipunctatum Donovan 1806 ground beetle
"Bembidion assimile" = Bembidion (Diplocampa) assimile Gyllenhal 1810 ground beetle
"Bembidion articulatum" = Bembidion (Trepanes) articulatum Panzer 1796 ground beetle
Oodes helopioides Fabricius 1792 ground beetle
Calathus piceus Marsham 1802 ground beetle
"Dyschirius globosus" = Dyschiriodes globosus Herbst 1784 ground beetle
"Dyschirius aeneus" = Dyschiriodes aeneus Dejean 1825 ground beetle | |