Frog Hall, 1991 section, 90-100 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 169392: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.05.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
"Bembidion assimile" = Bembidion (Diplocampa) assimile
"Bembidion assimile" = Bembidion (Diplocampa) assimile Gyllenhal 1810 ground beetle
 Coleoptera - Gyrinidae
Gyrinus sp. Geoffroy 1762 whirligig beetle
 Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
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
 Coleoptera - Brentidae
Apion sp. Herbst 1797 weevil
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
"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
 Coleoptera - Cryptophagidae
Atomaria sp. Stephens 1829 silken fungus beetle
 Coleoptera - Phalacridae
Phalacrus caricis Sturm 1807 beetle
 Coleoptera - Elateridae
Adelocera murina Linnaeus 1758 click beetle
 Coleoptera - Dryopidae
Dryops sp. Olivier 1791 long toed water beetle
 Coleoptera - Elmidae
Esolus parallelepipedus Muller 1806 riffle beetle
"Limnius volkmari" = Limnius volckmari Panzer 1793 riffle beetle
Oulimnius troglodytes Gyllenhal 1827 riffle beetle
 Coleoptera - Dascillidae
Dascillus cervinus Linnaeus 1758 soft bodied plant beetle
 Coleoptera - Hydraenidae
Ochthebius cf. minimus Fabricius 1792 minute moss beetle
Hydraena sp. Kugelann 1794 minute moss beetle
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
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
 Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Aphodius sp. Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle
Aphodius "sp. A" Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle
 Coleoptera - Ptinidae
Anobium punctatum De Geer 1774 furniture beetle