Where: Warwickshire, United Kingdom (52.4° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 1.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• Amino acid D/L ratios from molluscan shells give mean values of 0.24, consistent with an age in Oxygen Isotope Stage 9.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified, carbonaceous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. H. Keen, G. R. Coope, R. L. Jones, M. H. Field, H. I. Griffiths, S. G. Lewis, and D. Q. Bowen. 1997. Middle Pleistocene deposits at Frog Hall Pit, Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, English Midlands, and their implications for the age of the type Wolstonian. Journal of Quaternary Science 12:183-208 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 169388: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.05.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Notaris bimaculatus" = Tournotaris bimaculatus, Limnobaris pilistriata, "Otiorhynchus ovatus" = Otiorhynchus (Pendragon) ovatus
"Notaris bimaculatus" = Tournotaris bimaculatus Fabricius 1787 snout beetle
Limnobaris pilistriata Stephens 1831 snout beetle
"Otiorhynchus ovatus" = Otiorhynchus (Pendragon) ovatus Linnaeus 1758 snout beetle | |
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Apion sp. Herbst 1797 weevil | |
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Plateumaris affinis Kunze 1818 reed leaf beetle
Donacia sp. Fabricius 1775 leaf beetle | |
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Propylea quatuordecimpunctata Linnaeus 1758 ladybird beetle | |
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Dascillus cervinus Linnaeus 1758 soft bodied plant beetle | |
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Adelocera murina Linnaeus 1758 click beetle | |
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Dryops sp. Olivier 1791 long toed water beetle | |
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Oxytelus fulvipes Erichson 1839 rove beetle
"Oxytelus rugosus" = Anotylus rugosus Fabricius 1775 rove beetle
Lathrobium sp. Gravenhorst 1802 rove beetle
Stenus sp. Latreille 1796 rove beetle | |
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Aphodius sp. Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle | |
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Agabus sp. Leach 1817 predaceous diving beetle | |
Trechus rivularis, Bembidion sp., Bembidion schueppeli, "Bembidion assimile" = Bembidion (Diplocampa) assimile, "Dromius longiceps" = Paradromius longiceps, Loricera pilicornis
Trechus rivularis Gyllenhal 1810 ground beetle
Bembidion sp. Latreille 1802 ground beetle
Bembidion schueppeli Dejean 1831 ground beetle
"Bembidion assimile" = Bembidion (Diplocampa) assimile Gyllenhal 1810 ground beetle
"Dromius longiceps" = Paradromius longiceps Dejean 1826 ground beetle
Loricera pilicornis Fabricius 1775 ground beetle | |
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Gyrinus sp. Geoffroy 1762 whirligig beetle | |