PBDB Collection

Frog Hall, 1991 section, 100-110 cm depth (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)

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 169391: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.05.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae	Donacia sp., Donacia cinerea Donacia sp. Fabricius 1775 leaf beetle Donacia cinerea Herbst 1784 leaf beetle
Coleoptera - Brentidae	Apion sp. Apion sp. Herbst 1797 weevil
Coleoptera - Curculionidae	Rhynchaenus quercus, "Otiorhynchus ovatus" = Otiorhynchus (Pendragon) ovatus Rhynchaenus quercus Linnaeus 1758 snout beetle "Otiorhynchus ovatus" = Otiorhynchus (Pendragon) ovatus Linnaeus 1758 snout beetle
Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae	Aphodius sp., Aphodius "sp. A" Aphodius sp. Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle Aphodius "sp. A" Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle
Coleoptera - Staphylinidae	Stenus sp., Micropeplus caelatus, Micropeplus staphylinoides, "Oxytelus rugosus" = Anotylus rugosus Stenus sp. Latreille 1796 rove beetle Micropeplus caelatus Erichson 1839 rove beetle Micropeplus staphylinoides Marsham 1802 rove beetle "Oxytelus rugosus" = Anotylus rugosus Fabricius 1775 rove beetle
Coleoptera - Hydraenidae	Hydraena sp. Hydraena sp. Kugelann 1794 minute moss beetle
Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae	Cercyon sp., Cryptopleurum crenatum Cercyon sp. Leach 1817 water scavenger beetle Cryptopleurum crenatum Kugelann 1794 water scavenger beetle
Coleoptera - Elmidae	Oulimnius troglodytes, Oulimnius tuberculatus, Elmis aenea, "Limnius volkmari" = Limnius volckmari, Limnius opacus, Esolus parallelepipedus Oulimnius troglodytes Gyllenhal 1827 riffle beetle Oulimnius tuberculatus Muller 1806 riffle beetle Elmis aenea Muller 1806 riffle beetle "Limnius volkmari" = Limnius volckmari Panzer 1793 riffle beetle Limnius opacus Muller 1806 riffle beetle Esolus parallelepipedus Muller 1806 riffle beetle
Coleoptera - Dryopidae	Dryops sp. Dryops sp. Olivier 1791 long toed water beetle
Coleoptera - Dascillidae	Dascillus cervinus Dascillus cervinus Linnaeus 1758 soft bodied plant beetle
Coleoptera - Elateridae	Adelocera murina Adelocera murina Linnaeus 1758 click beetle
Coleoptera - Carabidae	Pterostichus strenuus, Pterostichus vernalis, Trechus rivularis, "Bembidion assimile" = Bembidion (Diplocampa) assimile Pterostichus strenuus Panzer 1797 ground beetle Pterostichus vernalis Panzer 1796 ground beetle Trechus rivularis Gyllenhal 1810 ground beetle "Bembidion assimile" = Bembidion (Diplocampa) assimile Gyllenhal 1810 ground beetle
Coleoptera - Gyrinidae	Gyrinus sp. Gyrinus sp. Geoffroy 1762 whirligig beetle
Coleoptera - Dytiscidae	Ilybius sp. Ilybius sp. Erichson 1832 predaceous diving beetle