Frog Hall, 1991 section, 310-320 cm depth: Middle Pleistocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Carabidae
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Dromius longiceps
Dejean 1826
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1 individual | ||||||
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Bembidion sp.
Latreille 1802
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1 individual | ||||||
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Bembidion assimile
(Gyllenhal 1810)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Bembidion schueppeli
Dejean 1831
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1 individual | ||||||
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Trechus rivularis
(Gyllenhal 1810)
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2 individuals | ||||||
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Loricera pilicornis
(Fabricius 1775)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Gyrinidae
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Gyrinus sp.
Geoffroy 1762
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2 individuals | ||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Dytiscidae
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Agabus sp.
Leach 1817
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1 individual | ||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Brentidae
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Apion sp.
Herbst 1797
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2 individuals | ||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Curculionidae
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Otiorhynchus ovatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 individuals | ||||||
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Notaris bimaculatus
(Fabricius 1787)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Limnobaris pilistriata
(Stephens 1831)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Chrysomelidae
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Plateumaris affinis
(Kunze 1818)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Donacia sp.
Fabricius 1775
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1 individual | ||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Coccinellidae
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Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Dryopidae
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Dryops sp.
Olivier 1791
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1 individual | ||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Dascillidae
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Dascillus cervinus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 individuals | ||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Elateridae
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Adelocera murina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Staphylinidae
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Lathrobium sp.
Gravenhorst 1802
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1 individual | ||||||
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Oxytelus rugosus
(Fabricius 1775)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Oxytelus fulvipes
Erichson 1839
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1 individual | ||||||
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Stenus sp.
Latreille 1796
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1 individual | ||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Scarabaeidae
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Aphodius sp.
Hellwig 1798
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1 individual | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Warwickshire |
| Coordinates: | 52.4° North, 1.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.4° North, 1.4° 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: | 0.774 - 0.129 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Amino acid D/L ratios from molluscan shells give mean values of 0.24, consistent with an age in Oxygen Isotope Stage 9. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified carbonaceous siltstone | ||
| Environment: | fluvial indet. | Tectonic setting: | non-subsiding area |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Rock censused: | 5 kg |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 169388 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2015-05-22 22:46:23 | Last modified: | 2015-05-22 22:46:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-05-22 22:46:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55352. | 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] |