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 169389: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.05.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Insecta | |
"Dyschirius globosus" = Dyschiriodes globosus
"Dyschirius globosus" = Dyschiriodes globosus Herbst 1784 ground beetle | |
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Gyrinus sp. Geoffroy 1762 whirligig beetle | |
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Helodidae indet. Shuckard 1839 beetle | |
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Chaetocnema sp. Stephens 1831 flea beetle
Donacia sp. Fabricius 1775 leaf beetle
Donacia cinerea Herbst 1784 leaf beetle
Donacia dentata Hoppe 1795 leaf beetle
Donacia clavipes Fabricius 1792 leaf beetle | |
Rhynchaenus quercus, Curculio cf. venosus, "Ramphus pulicarius" = Rhamphus pulicarius, "Otiorhynchus ovatus" = Otiorhynchus (Pendragon) ovatus, Limnobaris pilistriata, Bagous sp.
Rhynchaenus quercus Linnaeus 1758 snout beetle
Curculio cf. venosus Gravenhorst 1807 snout beetle
"Ramphus pulicarius" = Rhamphus pulicarius Herbst 1795 snout beetle
"Otiorhynchus ovatus" = Otiorhynchus (Pendragon) ovatus Linnaeus 1758 snout beetle
Limnobaris pilistriata Stephens 1831 snout beetle
Bagous sp. Germar 1817 snout beetle | |
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Apion sp. Herbst 1797 weevil | |
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Phalacrus caricis Sturm 1807 beetle | |
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Corylophus cassidoides Marsham 1802 minute hooded beetle | |
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Hydraena sp. Kugelann 1794 minute moss beetle
Ochthebius cf. bicolon Germar 1842 minute moss beetle | |
Stenus spp., Bryaxis sp., Aploderus caelatus, "Oxytelus inustus" = Anotylus inustus, "Oxytelus rugosus" = Anotylus rugosus, Tachinus sp., Tachyporus sp., Euaesthetus laeviusculus, Acidota crenata
Stenus spp. Latreille 1796 rove beetle
Bryaxis sp. Kugelann 1794 rove beetle
Aploderus caelatus Gravenhorst 1802 rove beetle
"Oxytelus inustus" = Anotylus inustus Gravenhorst 1806 rove beetle
"Oxytelus rugosus" = Anotylus rugosus Fabricius 1775 rove beetle
Tachinus sp. Gravenhorst 1802 rove beetle
Tachyporus sp. Gravenhorst 1802 rove beetle
Euaesthetus laeviusculus Mannerheim 1844 rove beetle
Acidota crenata Fabricius 1792 rove beetle | |
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Hister sp. Linnaeus 1758 clown beetle
Onthophilus striatus Forster 1771 clown beetle | |
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Cercyon sp. Leach 1817 water scavenger beetle | |
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Helophorus sp. Fabricius 1775 water scavenger beetle | |
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Aphodius sp. Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle | |
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Agrilus sp. Curtis 1825 jewel beetle | |
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Dryops sp. Olivier 1791 long toed water beetle | |
Oulimnius troglodytes, Oulimnius tuberculatus, "Limnius volkmari" = Limnius volckmari, Esolus parallelepipedus, Elmis aenea
Oulimnius troglodytes Gyllenhal 1827 riffle beetle
Oulimnius tuberculatus Muller 1806 riffle beetle
"Limnius volkmari" = Limnius volckmari Panzer 1793 riffle beetle
Esolus parallelepipedus Muller 1806 riffle beetle
Elmis aenea Muller 1806 riffle beetle | |
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Adelocera murina Linnaeus 1758 click beetle | |
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Dascillus cervinus Linnaeus 1758 soft bodied plant beetle | |