Frog Hall, 1990 section, 40-50 cm depth: Middle Pleistocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Curculionidae
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Sitona sp.
Germar 1817
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1 individual | ||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Elmidae
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Oulimnius tuberculatus
(Muller 1806)
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1 individual | ||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Hydraenidae
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Hydraena sp.
Kugelann 1794
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3 individuals | ||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Staphylinidae
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Stenus sp.
Latreille 1796
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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: | 169397 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
Created: | 2015-05-22 23:35:33 | Last modified: | 2015-05-22 23:35:33 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-05-22 23:35:33 |
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] |