Kalaloch Site, Browns Point, Sample 14 (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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 169372: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.05.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
"Trechus oregonensis" = Trechus (Trechus) oregonensis
"Trechus oregonensis" = Trechus (Trechus) oregonensis Hatch 1951 ground beetle
 Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Dytiscidae indet.
Dytiscidae indet. Leach 1815 predaceous diving beetle
 Coleoptera - Helophoridae
Helophorus cf. oregonensis
Helophorus cf. oregonensis water scavenger beetle
 Coleoptera - Leiodidae
Agathidium sp.
Agathidium sp. Panzer 1797 round fungus beetle
 Coleoptera - Ptiliidae
Ptiliidae indet.
Ptiliidae indet. Erichson 1845 feather-winged beetle
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Sonoma sp., Oropus sp., Arpedium cribratum, Orobanus spp., Pelecomalium testaceum, "Oxytelus fuscipennis" = Oxytelus laqueatus, "Scydmaenidae indet." = Scydmaeninae, Aleocharinae indet., Stenus spp.
Sonoma sp. Casey 1886 rove beetle
Oropus sp. Casey 1886 rove beetle
Arpedium cribratum Fauvel 1878 rove beetle
Orobanus spp. LeConte 1878 rove beetle
Pelecomalium testaceum Mannerheim 1843 rove beetle
"Oxytelus fuscipennis" = Oxytelus laqueatus Marsham 1802 rove beetle
"Scydmaenidae indet." = Scydmaeninae Leach 1815 antlike stone beetle
Aleocharinae indet. Fleming 1821 rove beetle
Stenus spp. Latreille 1796 rove beetle
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Alniphagus aspericollis, Pseudohylesinus nebulosus, Sthereus quadrituberculatus, Lepidophorus alternatus
Alniphagus aspericollis Le Conte 1876 bark beetle
Pseudohylesinus nebulosus Le Conte 1859 bark beetle
Sthereus quadrituberculatus Motschulsky 1845 snout beetle
Lepidophorus alternatus Van Dyke 1930 snout beetle
 Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Plateumaris sp.
Plateumaris sp. Thomson 1859 reed leaf beetle
 Coleoptera - Elateridae
Elateridae indet.
Elateridae indet. Leach 1815 click beetle