Frog Hall, 1990 section, 20-30 cm depth: Middle Pleistocene, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Coleoptera - Gyrinidae
Gyrinus sp. Geoffroy 1762
1 individual
Insecta - Coleoptera - Elmidae
Oulimnius troglodytes (Gyllenhal 1827)
1 individual
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Stenus sp. Latreille 1796
1 individual
Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Aphodius sp. Hellwig 1798
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:169399
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2015-05-22 23:37:58 Last modified:2015-05-22 23:37:58
Access level:the public Released:2015-05-22 23:37:58
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]