Kalaloch Site, Browns Point, Sample 19 (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 169377: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.05.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Dytiscidae indet. Leach 1815 predaceous diving beetle
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
"Trechus oregonensis" = Trechus (Trechus) oregonensis, "Pterostichus castaneus" = Pterostichus (Hypherpes) castaneus
"Trechus oregonensis" = Trechus (Trechus) oregonensis Hatch 1951 ground beetle
"Pterostichus castaneus" = Pterostichus (Hypherpes) castaneus Dejean 1828 ground beetle
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Micropeplus punctatus LeConte 1863 rove beetle
Megarthrus sp. Curtis 1829 rove beetle
Pelecomalium testaceum Mannerheim 1843 rove beetle
Arpedium cribratum Fauvel 1878 rove beetle
Artochia productifrons Casey 1893 rove beetle
Acrulia tumidula Maklin 1853 rove beetle
"Scydmaenidae indet." = Scydmaeninae Leach 1815 antlike stone beetle
Oropus sp. Casey 1886 rove beetle
"Pselatrichus sp." = Pselaptrichus Brendel 1889 rove beetle
Syntomium cf. malkini Hatch 1957 rove beetle
Aleocharinae indet. Fleming 1821 rove beetle
 Coleoptera - Hydraenidae
Ochthebius discretus LeConte 1878 minute moss beetle
 Coleoptera - Leiodidae
Agathidium sp. Panzer 1797 round fungus beetle
 Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Chrysomelidae indet. Latreille 1802 leaf beetle
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Steremnius carinatus Boheman 1842 snout beetle
Steremnius tuberosus Gyllenhal 1836 snout beetle
Sthereus quadrituberculatus Motschulsky 1845 snout beetle
Phloeotribus lecontei Schedl 1961 bark beetle
Hylurgops rugipennis Mannerheim 1843 bark beetle
Pseudohylesinus nebulosus Le Conte 1859 bark beetle
Pityophthorus sp. Eichhoff 1864 bark beetle
Pityophthorus nitidulus Mannerheim 1843 bark beetle
Rhyncolus brunneus Mannerheim 1843 snout beetle
 Coleoptera - Cryptophagidae
Cryptophagus sp. Herbst 1792 silken fungus beetle
 Coleoptera - Elateridae
Elateridae indet. Leach 1815 click beetle