Thrupp House Farm, profile A, 83-89 cm: Late Pleistocene, United Kingdom
collected 1973
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Dytiscidae
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Colymbetes sp.
Clairville 1806
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Agabus sp.
Leach 1817
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Helophoridae
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Helophorus cf. brevipalpis
Bedel 1881
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Hydrophilidae
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Cercyon tristis
(Illiger 1801)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Hydrobius fascipes
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Hydraenidae
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Ochthebius minimus
(Fabricius 1792)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Staphylinidae
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Aleocharinae indet.
(Fleming 1821)
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Arpedium brachypterum
(Gravenhorst 1802)
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9 specimens | ||||||
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Stenus sp.
Latreille 1796
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Scarabaeidae
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Aphodius sp.
Hellwig 1798
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Typhales
- Sparganiaceae
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Sparganium erectum
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Angiospermae
- Poales
- Cyperaceae
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Carex nigra
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Schoenoplectus lacustris
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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: | gray unlithified sandy siltstone | ||
| Lithology description: Light brown sandy silt with few organic fragments | |||
| 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: | 164920 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | paleobotany,paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2015-01-01 17:22:43 | Last modified: | 2017-05-19 13:39:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-01-01 17:22:43 |
| 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] |