Sample 2, Nightingale Estate pit, Hackney: Middle Pleistocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Limnichidae
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Limnichus pygmaeus
(Sturm 1807)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Dryopidae
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Helichus substriatus
(Muller 1806)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Pomatinus substriatus | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Elmidae
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Macronychus quadrituberculatus
Muller 1806
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5 individuals | |||||||||
Stenelmis canaliculatus
(Gyllenhal 1808)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Stenelmis canaliculata | ||||||||||
Oulimnius troglodytes
(Gyllenhal 1827)
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244 individuals | |||||||||
Oulimnius tuberculatus
(Muller 1806)
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5 individuals | |||||||||
Esolus parallelepipedus
(Muller 1806)
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6 individuals | |||||||||
Elmis aenea
(Muller 1806)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Limnius volckmari
(Panzer 1793)
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7 individuals | |||||||||
Normandia nitens
(Muller 1817)
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116 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Riolus nitens | ||||||||||
Riolus cupreus
(Muller 1806)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Elateridae
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Melanotus niger
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | |||||||||
sensu Fabricius 1792, nec Linnaeus 1758 | ||||||||||
= Melanotus punctolineatus
Pelerin 1829
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Barsevskis 2005 | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Byrrhidae
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Pelochares versicolor
(Waltl 1833)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Dascillidae
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Dascillus cervinus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Nitidulidae
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Meligethes sp.
Stephens 1829
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1 individual | |||||||||
Epuria sp.
(Erichson 1843)
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5 individuals | |||||||||
original and current combination Epuraea | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Sphindidae
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Aspidiphorus orbiculatus
(Gyllenhal 1808)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Chrysomelidae
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Macroplea appendiculata
(Panzer 1794)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Donacia crassipes
Fabricius 1775
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1 individual | |||||||||
Donacia semicuprea
Panzer 1796
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1 individual | |||||||||
Longitarsus sp.
Berthold 1827
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Curculionidae
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Hylesinus crenatus
(Fabricius 1787)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Xylocleptes bispinus
(Duftschmid 1825)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Tanysphyrus lemnae
(Fabricius 1792)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Tanysphyrus (Tanysphyrus) lemnae | ||||||||||
Rhynchaenus quercus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Bagous sp.
Germar 1817
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1 individual | |||||||||
Curculio venosus
(Gravenhorst 1807)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Platypus cylindrus
(Fabricius 1792)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Latridiidae
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Corticarina sp.
Reitter 1881
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Ptinidae
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Anobium punctatum
(De Geer 1774)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Helodidae
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Helodidae indet.
(Shuckard 1839)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
synonym of Scirtidae | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Hydraenidae
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Hydraena sp.
Kugelann 1794
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14 individuals | |||||||||
Ochthebius minimus
(Fabricius 1792)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Ochthebius bicolon
Germar 1842
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Staphylinidae
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Bledius sp.
Leach 1819
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1 individual | |||||||||
Platystethus cornutus
(Gravenhorst 1802)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Platystethus nodifrons
Mannerheim 1830
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Trogophloeus sp.
Mannerheim 1830
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4 individuals | |||||||||
synonym of Carpelimus | ||||||||||
Oxytelus rugosus
(Fabricius 1775)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Anotylus rugosus | ||||||||||
Bryaxis sp.
Kugelann 1794
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Stenus spp.
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6 individuals | |||||||||
Stenus juno
(Paykull 1789)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Aleocharinae indet.
(Fleming 1821)
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4 individuals | |||||||||
Micropeplus porcatus
(Paykull 1789)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Micropeplus staphylinoides
(Marsham 1802)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Micropeplus caelatus
Erichson 1839
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Histeridae
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Onthophilus striatus
(Forster 1771)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Scarabaeidae
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Scarabaeidae indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Scarabaeides | ||||||||||
Valgus hemipterus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Heptaulacus cf. testudinarius
(Fabricius 1775)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Aphodius spp.
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8 individuals | |||||||||
Onthophagus fracticornis
(Preyssler 1790)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Hydrophilidae
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Cercyon sp.
Leach 1817
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1 individual | |||||||||
Cercyon sternalis
Sharp 1918
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1 individual | |||||||||
Enochrus sp.
Thomson 1859
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Carabidae
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Bembidion varium
(Olivier 1795)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Bembidion (Notaphus) varium | ||||||||||
Bembidion lampros
(Herbst 1784)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Bembidion (Metallina) lampros | ||||||||||
Bembidion assimile
(Gyllenhal 1810)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Bembidion (Diplocampa) assimile | ||||||||||
Bembidion elongatum
(Dejean 1831)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Sinechostictus (Sinechostictus) elongatus | ||||||||||
Pterostichus minor
(Gyllenhal 1827)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Pterostichus gracilis
(Dejean 1828)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Microlestes minutulus
(Goeze 1777)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Dromius linearis
(Olivier 1795)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Paradromius linearis | ||||||||||
Dyschirius globosus
(Herbst 1784)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Dyschiriodes globosus | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Dytiscidae
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Potamonectes depressus
(Fabricius 1775)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Gyrinidae
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Gyrinus sp.
Geoffroy 1762
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1 individual | |||||||||
Orectochilus villosus
(Müller 1776)
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1 individual | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom |
Coordinates: | 51.6° North, 0.1° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 51.6° North, 0.1° West |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Highbury Silts and Sands | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: MIS 9. 13-24 cm below top of organic deposit. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | unlithified carbonaceous sandstone | ||
Environment: | fine channel fill | Tectonic setting: | non-subsiding area |
Geology comments: The sediments were laid down during the infilling of a depression on the floodplain of a large river. The site of deposition appears to have been a water body throughout the period of sedimentation with most of the infill deposited as a succession of sand-rich pulses from floodwater inflow from a nearby main channel of the river. Intervals of quiet-water sedimentation become more common and more sustained upward and the sedimentological and fossil evidence suggests that the water body was changing progressively in character. The dominance of running-water species in the insect fauna even in the upper part of the sequence suggests that the water body continued to serve as a subsidiary channel on the floodplain rather than becoming an enclosed pond. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 168272 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2015-04-18 23:01:22 | Last modified: | 2015-04-18 23:01:22 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-04-18 23:01:22 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
54749. | C. P. Green, N. P. Branch, G. R. Coope, M. H. Field, D. H. Keen, J. M. Wells, J. L. Schwenninger, R. C. Preece, D. C. Schreve, M. G. Canti, and C. P. Gleed-Owen. 2006. Marine Isotope Stage 9 environments of fluvial deposits at Hackney, north London, UK. Quaternary Science Reviews 25:89-113 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
56411 | A. Barsevskis. 2005. Catalogue of click–beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of Latvia. Proceedings on Taxonomy and Faunistics of Beetles (Coleoptera) Dedicated to the 100th Birthday of the Latvian Entomologist Mihails Stiprais (1905 - 1990) 7-28 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |