Kalaloch Site, Browns Point, Sample 2 (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Jefferson County, Washington (47.6° N, 124.4° W: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 124.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified peat

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Quaternary Entomology Laboratory, Department of Geosciences, North Dakota State University

Primary reference: S. G. Cong and A. C. Ashworth. 1996. Palaeoenvironmental interpretation of Middle and Late Wisconsinan fossil coleopteran assemblages from western Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA. Journal of Quaternary Science 11:345-356 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 169360: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.05.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Staphylininae indet. Latreille 1802 rove beetle
Aleocharinae indet. Fleming 1821 rove beetle
Stenus sp. Latreille 1796 rove beetle
Arpedium cribratum Fauvel 1878 rove beetle
Thanatophilus sagax Mannerheim 1853 rove beetle
 Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
"Aphodius opacus" = Caligodorus opacus
"Aphodius opacus" = Caligodorus opacus Le Conte 1872 scarab beetle
 Coleoptera - Helophoridae
Helophorus sp. Fabricius 1775 water scavenger beetle
Helophorus lacustris Le Conte 1850 water scavenger beetle
 Coleoptera - Elateridae
Elateridae indet. Leach 1815 click beetle
 Coleoptera - Byrrhidae
Cytilus mimicus Casey 1912 pill beetle
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
"Erirhinus aethiops" = Notaris aethiops
"Erirhinus aethiops" = Notaris aethiops Fabricius 1792 snout beetle
 Coleoptera - Brentidae
Apion sp. Herbst 1797 weevil
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Bembidion sp. Latreille 1802 ground beetle
"Trechus chalybeus" = Trechus (Trechus) chalybeus Dejean 1831 ground beetle