Thrupp House Farm, profile A, 5-9 cm: Late Pleistocene, United Kingdom
collected 1973

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Rorippa islandica
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Agonum sp. Bonelli 1810
1 specimen
Bembidion guttula (Fabricius 1792)
2 specimens
Bembidion doris (Panzer 1797)
2 specimens
Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Hydroporus sp. Clairville 1806
1 specimen
Rhantus sp. Dejean 1833
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cryptophagidae
Atomaria sp. Stephens 1829
2 specimens
Insecta - Coleoptera - Phalacridae
Olibrus affinis (Sturm 1807)
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Hypera suspiciosa (Herbst 1795)
1 specimen
Limnobaris pilistriata (Stephens 1831)
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Bruchidius debilis (Gyllenhal 1833)
1 specimen
Donacia impressa Paykull 1799
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Elmidae
Riolus cupreus (Muller 1806)
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Heteroceridae
Heterocerus sp. Fabricius 1792
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Dryopidae
Dryops sp. Olivier 1791
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Cercyon tristis (Illiger 1801)
2 specimens
Hydrobius fascipes (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydraenidae
Ochthebius minimus (Fabricius 1792)
4 specimens
Ochthebius dilatatus Stephens 1829
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Aleocharinae indet. (Fleming 1821)
4 specimens
Lomechusoides strumosa (Fabricius 1792)
1 specimen
Arpedium brachypterum (Gravenhorst 1802)
1 specimen
Pycnoglypta lurida (Gyllenhal 1813)
1 specimen
Anotylus rugosus (Fabricius 1775)
2 specimens
Stenus sp. Latreille 1796
2 specimens
Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptinidae
Ptinus sp. Linnaeus 1767
1 specimen
unclassified
Stachys palustris Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Haloragidaceae
Hippuris vulgaris Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae
Potentilla erecta
Potentilla anserina Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Dipsacales - Valerianaceae
Valeriana cf. dioca
Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
Thalictrum flavum Linnaeus 1753
Ranunculus lingua Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae
Carex nigra
Carex rostrata
Carex spp. Linnaeus 1753
Eleocharis palustris
Schoenoplectus lacustris
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Juniperus communis
unclassified
Mentha cf. aquatica Linnaeus 1753
Charales - Characea
Chara spp. Linnaeus 1753
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Berkshire
Coordinates: 51.7° North, 1.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.7° North, 1.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Late Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Floodplain Terrace, late Devensian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:pebbly,gray unlithified claystone
Lithology description: Very dark grey clay mud with some isolated pebbles
Environment:fluvial indet. Tectonic setting:non-subsiding area
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection dates:1973
Metadata
Database number:164905
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:paleobotany,paleoentomology
Created:2015-01-01 16:11:40 Last modified:2017-05-19 13:36:07
Access level:the public Released:2015-01-01 16:11:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
53899. M. M. Aalto, G. R. Coope, and P. L. Gibbard. 1984. Late Devensian river deposits beneath the floodplain terrace of the River Thames at Abingdon, Berkshire, England. Proceedings of the Geologists Association 95:65-79 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]