Sample 3, 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. 24-34 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 168271: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.04.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gyrinus sp. Geoffroy 1762 whirligig beetle
Orectochilus villosus Müller 1776 whirligig beetle | |
Paranchus albipes2, Loricera pilicornis, Calathus fuscipes, "Bembidion elongatum" = Sinechostictus (Sinechostictus) elongatus, Bembidion lunatum, Bembidion gilvipes, "Bembidion assimile" = Bembidion (Diplocampa) assimile, Trechus quadristriatus, "Dyschirius globosus" = Dyschiriodes globosus
Loricera pilicornis Fabricius 1775 ground beetle
Calathus fuscipes Goeze 1777 ground beetle
"Bembidion elongatum" = Sinechostictus (Sinechostictus) elongatus Dejean 1831 ground beetle
Bembidion lunatum Duftschmid 1812 ground beetle
Bembidion gilvipes Sturm 1825 ground beetle
"Bembidion assimile" = Bembidion (Diplocampa) assimile Gyllenhal 1810 ground beetle
Trechus quadristriatus Schrank 1781 ground beetle
"Dyschirius globosus" = Dyschiriodes globosus Herbst 1784 ground beetle | |
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Limnichus pygmaeus Sturm 1807 minute marsh loving beetle | |
"Helichus substriatus" = Pomatinus substriatus
"Helichus substriatus" = Pomatinus substriatus Muller 1806 long toed water beetle | |
"Stenelmis canaliculatus" = Stenelmis canaliculata, Elmis aenea, Riolus cupreus, "Normandia nitens" = Riolus nitens, Esolus parallelepipedus, Limnius volckmari, Oulimnius tuberculatus, Oulimnius troglodytes, Macronychus quadrituberculatus
"Stenelmis canaliculatus" = Stenelmis canaliculata Gyllenhal 1808 riffle beetle
Elmis aenea Muller 1806 riffle beetle
Riolus cupreus Muller 1806 riffle beetle
"Normandia nitens" = Riolus nitens Muller 1817 riffle beetle
Esolus parallelepipedus Muller 1806 riffle beetle
Limnius volckmari Panzer 1793 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 | |
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Anobium punctatum De Geer 1774 furniture beetle | |
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Macroplea appendiculata Panzer 1794 leaf beetle
Donacia obscura Gyllenhal 1813 leaf beetle
Donacia semicuprea Panzer 1796 leaf beetle | |
Rhamphus pulicarius, Bagous sp., Scolytus cf. carpini, "Leperisinus varius" = Hylesinus varius, Xylocleptes bispinus, Stenoscelis submuricatus, Rhynchaenus quercus
Rhamphus pulicarius Herbst 1795 snout beetle
Bagous sp. Germar 1817 snout beetle
Scolytus cf. carpini Ratzeburg 1837 bark beetle
"Leperisinus varius" = Hylesinus varius Fabricius 1775 bark beetle
Xylocleptes bispinus Duftschmid 1825 bark beetle
Stenoscelis submuricatus Schoenherr 1832 snout beetle
Rhynchaenus quercus Linnaeus 1758 snout beetle | |
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Apion sp. Herbst 1797 weevil | |
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Brachypterolus pulicarius Linnaeus 1758 beetle | |
"Epuria sp." = Epuraea, Meligethes sp.
"Epuria sp." = Epuraea Erichson 1843 sap beetle
Meligethes sp. Stephens 1829 sap beetle | |
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Aspidiphorus orbiculatus Gyllenhal 1808 cryptic slime mold beetle | |
"Atomaria mesomelaena" = Atomaria mesomela
"Atomaria mesomelaena" = Atomaria mesomela Herbst 1792 silken fungus beetle | |
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Laemophloeus sp. Dejean 1835 beetle | |
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Corticarina sp. Reitter 1881 minute brown scavenger beetle | |
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Corylophus cassidoides Marsham 1802 minute hooded beetle | |
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Pycnomerus terebrans Olivier 1790 ironclad beetle | |
Scarabaeidae indet., Onthophagus sp., Heptaulacus cf. testudinarius, Aphodius spp., Valgus hemipterus
Scarabaeidae indet. Latreille 1802 scarab beetle
Onthophagus sp. Latreille 1802 scarab beetle
Heptaulacus cf. testudinarius Fabricius 1775 scarab beetle
Aphodius spp. Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle
Valgus hemipterus Linnaeus 1758 flower chafer | |
Aleocharinae indet., "Trogophloeus sp." = Carpelimus, "Oxytelus rugosus" = Anotylus rugosus, Stenus spp., Xantholinus sp., Pselaphaulax dresdensis, Bryaxis sp., Tachinus sp.
Aleocharinae indet. Fleming 1821 rove beetle
"Trogophloeus sp." = Carpelimus Leach 1819 rove beetle
"Oxytelus rugosus" = Anotylus rugosus Fabricius 1775 rove beetle
Stenus spp. Latreille 1796 rove beetle
Xantholinus sp. Dejean 1821 rove beetle
Pselaphaulax dresdensis Herbst 1791 rove beetle
Bryaxis sp. Kugelann 1794 rove beetle
Tachinus sp. Gravenhorst 1802 rove beetle | |
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Ptenidium sp. Erichson 1845 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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Hydrochus elongatus Schaller 1783 water scavenger beetle
Megasternum boletophagum Marsham 1802 water scavenger beetle
Cercyon sternalis Sharp 1918 water scavenger beetle | |
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Helophorus sp. Fabricius 1775 water scavenger beetle | |
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Helodidae indet. Shuckard 1839 beetle | |