Sample 4, 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. 34-44 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 168270: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.04.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anobium punctatum De Geer 1774 furniture beetle | |
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Helodidae indet. Shuckard 1839 beetle | |
Dryops sp., "Helichus substriatus" = Pomatinus substriatus
Dryops sp. Olivier 1791 long toed water beetle
"Helichus substriatus" = Pomatinus substriatus Muller 1806 long toed water beetle | |
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Limnichus pygmaeus Sturm 1807 minute marsh loving beetle | |
Macronychus quadrituberculatus, Oulimnius tuberculatus, Oulimnius troglodytes, Elmis aenea, "Normandia nitens" = Riolus nitens, Esolus parallelepipedus, Limnius volckmari
Macronychus quadrituberculatus Muller 1806 riffle beetle
Oulimnius tuberculatus Muller 1806 riffle beetle
Oulimnius troglodytes Gyllenhal 1827 riffle beetle
Elmis aenea Muller 1806 riffle beetle
"Normandia nitens" = Riolus nitens Muller 1817 riffle beetle
Esolus parallelepipedus Muller 1806 riffle beetle
Limnius volckmari Panzer 1793 riffle beetle | |
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Pelochares versicolor Waltl 1833 pill beetle | |
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Scarabaeidae indet. Latreille 1802 scarab beetle
Aphodius spp. Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle
Anomala sp. Samouelle 1819 scarab beetle
cf. Triodonta sp. Mulsant 1842 scarab beetle | |
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Onthophilus striatus Forster 1771 clown beetle | |
Stenus spp., Stilicus cf. similis, Lathrobium sp., Pselaphaulax dresdensis, Bryaxis sp., "Oxytelus rugosus" = Anotylus rugosus, "Trogophloeus sp." = Carpelimus, Platystethus cornutus, "Trichoderma pubescens" = Dinothenarus pubescens, Phosphuga atrata, Aleocharinae indet.
Stenus spp. Latreille 1796 rove beetle
Stilicus cf. similis Erichson 1839 rove beetle
Lathrobium sp. Gravenhorst 1802 rove beetle
Pselaphaulax dresdensis Herbst 1791 rove beetle
Bryaxis sp. Kugelann 1794 rove beetle
"Oxytelus rugosus" = Anotylus rugosus Fabricius 1775 rove beetle
"Trogophloeus sp." = Carpelimus Leach 1819 rove beetle
Platystethus cornutus Gravenhorst 1802 rove beetle
"Trichoderma pubescens" = Dinothenarus pubescens De Geer 1774 rove beetle
Phosphuga atrata Linnaeus 1758 rove beetle
Aleocharinae indet. Fleming 1821 rove beetle | |
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Limnebius sp. Leach 1815 minute moss beetle
Hydraena sp. Kugelann 1794 minute moss beetle
Ochthebius minimus Fabricius 1792 minute moss beetle | |
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Helophorus sp. Fabricius 1775 water scavenger beetle | |
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Enochrus sp. Thomson 1859 water scavenger beetle
Hydrochus elongatus Schaller 1783 water scavenger beetle
Georissus crenulatus Rossi 1794 water scavenger beetle
Cercyon pygmaeus Illiger 1801 water scavenger beetle
Cercyon sternalis Sharp 1918 water scavenger beetle | |
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Apoderus coryli Linnaeus 1758 leaf rolling weevil | |
Stenoscelis submuricatus, Rhyncolus sp., "Tanysphyrus lemnae" = Tanysphyrus (Tanysphyrus) lemnae, Rhynchaenus quercus, "Otiorhynchus ovatus" = Otiorhynchus (Pendragon) ovatus, Phyllobius sp., Rhamphus pulicarius, Platypus cylindrus, "Leperisinus varius" = Hylesinus varius, "Hylesinus oleiperda" = Hylesinus toranio, Xyleborus dispar, Bagous sp.
Stenoscelis submuricatus Schoenherr 1832 snout beetle
Rhyncolus sp. Germar 1817 snout beetle
"Tanysphyrus lemnae" = Tanysphyrus (Tanysphyrus) lemnae Fabricius 1792 snout beetle
Rhynchaenus quercus Linnaeus 1758 snout beetle
"Otiorhynchus ovatus" = Otiorhynchus (Pendragon) ovatus Linnaeus 1758 snout beetle
Phyllobius sp. Schoenher 1824 snout beetle
Rhamphus pulicarius Herbst 1795 snout beetle
Platypus cylindrus Fabricius 1792 ambrosia beetle
"Leperisinus varius" = Hylesinus varius Fabricius 1775 bark beetle
"Hylesinus oleiperda" = Hylesinus toranio Danthoine 1788 bark beetle
Xyleborus dispar Fabricius 1792 bark beetle
Bagous sp. Germar 1817 snout beetle | |
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Donacia cinerea Herbst 1784 leaf beetle | |
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Corylophus cassidoides Marsham 1802 minute hooded beetle | |
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Enicmus sp. Thomson 1859 minute brown scavenger beetle
Corticarina sp. Reitter 1881 minute brown scavenger beetle | |
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Laemophloeus sp. Dejean 1835 beetle | |
"Atomaria mesomelaena" = Atomaria mesomela
"Atomaria mesomelaena" = Atomaria mesomela Herbst 1792 silken fungus beetle | |
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Orectochilus villosus Müller 1776 whirligig beetle | |
"Hygrotus decoratus" = Clemnius (Clemnius) decoratus, Potamonectes depressus, "Agabus bipustulatus" = Agabus (Gaurodytes) bipustulatus, Colymbetes sp.
"Hygrotus decoratus" = Clemnius (Clemnius) decoratus Gyllenhal 1810 predaceous diving beetle
Potamonectes depressus Fabricius 1775 predaceous diving beetle
"Agabus bipustulatus" = Agabus (Gaurodytes) bipustulatus Linnaeus 1767 predaceous diving beetle
Colymbetes sp. Clairville 1806 predaceous diving beetle | |
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Haliplus sp. Latreille 1802 crawling water beetle | |
Pterostichus minor, Pterostichus vernalis, Pterostichus gracilis, "Dyschirius aeneus" = Dyschiriodes aeneus, "Dyschirius globosus" = Dyschiriodes globosus, "Platynus obscurus" = Oxypselaphus obscurus, Tachys bistriatus, "Bembidion elongatum" = Sinechostictus (Sinechostictus) elongatus, "Bembidion cf. tetracolum" = Bembidion (Peryphus) tetracolum, "Bembidion doris" = Bembidion (Trepanedoris) doris, Bembidion semipunctatum, "Bembidion biguttatum" = Bembidion (Philochthus) biguttatum, "Bembidion varium" = Bembidion (Notaphus) varium, Bembidion gilvipes, "Bembidion lampros" = Bembidion (Metallina) lampros, Cychrus caraboides
Pterostichus minor Gyllenhal 1827 ground beetle
Pterostichus vernalis Panzer 1796 ground beetle
Pterostichus gracilis Dejean 1828 ground beetle
"Dyschirius aeneus" = Dyschiriodes aeneus Dejean 1825 ground beetle
"Dyschirius globosus" = Dyschiriodes globosus Herbst 1784 ground beetle
"Platynus obscurus" = Oxypselaphus obscurus Herbst 1784 ground beetle
Tachys bistriatus Duftschmid 1812 ground beetle
"Bembidion elongatum" = Sinechostictus (Sinechostictus) elongatus Dejean 1831 ground beetle
"Bembidion cf. tetracolum" = Bembidion (Peryphus) tetracolum Say 1823 ground beetle
"Bembidion doris" = Bembidion (Trepanedoris) doris Panzer 1797 ground beetle
Bembidion semipunctatum Donovan 1806 ground beetle
"Bembidion biguttatum" = Bembidion (Philochthus) biguttatum Fabricius 1779 ground beetle
"Bembidion varium" = Bembidion (Notaphus) varium Olivier 1795 ground beetle
Bembidion gilvipes Sturm 1825 ground beetle
"Bembidion lampros" = Bembidion (Metallina) lampros Herbst 1784 ground beetle
Cychrus caraboides Linnaeus 1758 ground beetle | |