Frog Hall, 1991 section, 90-100 cm depth: Middle Pleistocene, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Bembidion assimile (Gyllenhal 1810)
1 individual
Insecta - Coleoptera - Gyrinidae
Gyrinus sp. Geoffroy 1762
1 individual
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cryptophagidae
Atomaria sp. Stephens 1829
1 individual
Insecta - Coleoptera - Phalacridae
Phalacrus caricis Sturm 1807
1 individual
Insecta - Coleoptera - Brentidae
Apion sp. Herbst 1797
1 individual
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Sitona sp. Germar 1817
2 individuals
Otiorhynchus ovatus (Linnaeus 1758)
1 individual
Tanysphyrus lemnae (Fabricius 1792)
1 individual
Rhynchaenus quercus (Linnaeus 1758)
3 individuals
Ramphus pulicarius (Herbst 1795)
1 individual
Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Plateumaris affinis (Kunze 1818)
1 individual
Plateumaris sericea (Linnaeus 1761)
1 individual
Donacia sp. Fabricius 1775
1 individual
Donacia cinerea Herbst 1784
1 individual
Insecta - Coleoptera - Elmidae
Oulimnius troglodytes (Gyllenhal 1827)
10 individuals
Esolus parallelepipedus (Muller 1806)
2 individuals
Limnius volkmari (Panzer 1793)
1 individual
Insecta - Coleoptera - Dryopidae
Dryops sp. Olivier 1791
1 individual
Insecta - Coleoptera - Dascillidae
Dascillus cervinus (Linnaeus 1758)
2 individuals
Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Adelocera murina (Linnaeus 1758)
1 individual
Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydraenidae
Ochthebius cf. minimus (Fabricius 1792)
2 individuals
Hydraena sp. Kugelann 1794
15 individuals
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Lathrobium sp. Gravenhorst 1802
1 individual
Bryaxis sp. Kugelann 1794
2 individuals
Platystethus arenarius (Geoffroy 1785)
1 individual
Oxytelus sculpturatus Gravenhorst 1806
1 individual
Stenus sp. Latreille 1796
2 individuals
Silpha cf. tristis Illiger 1798
1 individual
Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Aphodius sp. Hellwig 1798
4 individuals
Aphodius informal sp. A
1 individual
Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptinidae
Anobium punctatum (De Geer 1774)
1 individual
see common names

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:169392
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2015-05-22 23:04:38 Last modified:2015-05-22 23:04:38
Access level:the public Released:2015-05-22 23:04:38
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]