Thrupp House Farm, profile A, 9-14 cm: Late Pleistocene, United Kingdom
collected 1973

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Menta cf. aquatica
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Bembidion doris (Panzer 1797)
2 specimens
Dyschirius globosus (Herbst 1784)
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Brentidae
Apion sp. Herbst 1797
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Notaris bimaculatus (Fabricius 1787)
1 specimen
Limnobaris pilistriata (Stephens 1831)
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Donacia impressa Paykull 1799
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Byrrhidae
Syncalypta sp. Dillwyn 1829
1 specimen
Byrrhus sp. Linnaeus 1767
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Dryopidae
Dryops sp. Olivier 1791
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Cercyon tristis (Illiger 1801)
1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Aleocharinae indet. (Fleming 1821)
1 specimen
Stenus sp. Latreille 1796
1 specimen
unclassified
Stachys palustris Linnaeus 1753
Cicuta virosa Linnaeus 1753
Apium indunatum
Angiospermae
Carpolithus sp. Linnaeus 1768
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae
Potentilla erecta
Potentilla palustris
Filipendula ulmaria
Angiospermae - Rosales - Urticaceae
Urtica dioca
Angiospermae - Typhales - Sparganiaceae
Sparganium erectum
Angiospermae - Alismales - Alismaceae
Alisma plantagoaquatica
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton perforatus
Angiospermae - Asterales - Menyanthaceae
Menyanthes trifoliata Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Polygonum hydropiper Linnaeus 1753
Rumex acetosella Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus (Batrachium) sp. Linnaeus 1753
Ranunculus platanifolius
Ranunculus lingua Linnaeus 1753
Ranunculus acris Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae
Carex nigra
Carex rostrata
Carex panicea
Carex spp. Linnaeus 1753
Eleocharis palustris
Schoenoplectus lacustris
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
Age estimate: 13580 ± 120 YBP (14C)
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:164906
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:paleobotany,paleoentomology
Created:2015-01-01 16:15:35 Last modified:2017-05-19 13:36:15
Access level:the public Released:2015-01-01 16:15:35
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]