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 169392: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.05.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
"Bembidion assimile" = Bembidion (Diplocampa) assimile
"Bembidion assimile" = Bembidion (Diplocampa) assimile Gyllenhal 1810 ground beetle | |
Gyrinus sp. Geoffroy 1762 whirligig beetle | |
Plateumaris affinis Kunze 1818 reed leaf beetle
Plateumaris sericea Linnaeus 1761 reed leaf beetle
Donacia sp. Fabricius 1775 leaf beetle
Donacia cinerea Herbst 1784 leaf beetle | |
Apion sp. Herbst 1797 weevil | |
"Otiorhynchus ovatus" = Otiorhynchus (Pendragon) ovatus, Sitona sp., "Ramphus pulicarius" = Rhamphus pulicarius, "Tanysphyrus lemnae" = Tanysphyrus (Tanysphyrus) lemnae, Rhynchaenus quercus
"Otiorhynchus ovatus" = Otiorhynchus (Pendragon) ovatus Linnaeus 1758 snout beetle
Sitona sp. Germar 1817 snout beetle
"Ramphus pulicarius" = Rhamphus pulicarius Herbst 1795 snout beetle
"Tanysphyrus lemnae" = Tanysphyrus (Tanysphyrus) lemnae Fabricius 1792 snout beetle
Rhynchaenus quercus Linnaeus 1758 snout beetle | |
Atomaria sp. Stephens 1829 silken fungus beetle | |
Phalacrus caricis Sturm 1807 beetle | |
Adelocera murina Linnaeus 1758 click beetle | |
Dryops sp. Olivier 1791 long toed water beetle | |
Esolus parallelepipedus Muller 1806 riffle beetle
"Limnius volkmari" = Limnius volckmari Panzer 1793 riffle beetle
Oulimnius troglodytes Gyllenhal 1827 riffle beetle | |
Dascillus cervinus Linnaeus 1758 soft bodied plant beetle | |
Ochthebius cf. minimus Fabricius 1792 minute moss beetle
Hydraena sp. Kugelann 1794 minute moss beetle | |
Lathrobium sp., "Oxytelus sculpturatus" = Anotylus sculpturatus, Platystethus arenarius, Stenus sp., Bryaxis sp., Silpha cf. tristis
Lathrobium sp. Gravenhorst 1802 rove beetle
"Oxytelus sculpturatus" = Anotylus sculpturatus Gravenhorst 1806 rove beetle
Platystethus arenarius Geoffroy 1785 rove beetle
Stenus sp. Latreille 1796 rove beetle
Bryaxis sp. Kugelann 1794 rove beetle
Silpha cf. tristis Illiger 1798 rove beetle | |
Aphodius sp. Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle
Aphodius "sp. A" Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle | |
Anobium punctatum De Geer 1774 furniture beetle |