Frog Hall, 1990 section, 0-10 cm depth: Middle Pleistocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Curculionidae
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Scolytus intricatus
(Ratzeburg 1837)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Elmidae
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Oulimnius tuberculatus
(Muller 1806)
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1 individual | ||||||
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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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Platystethus arenarius
(Geoffroy 1785)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Stenus brunnipes
Stephens 1833
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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: | 169401 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2015-05-22 23:39:56 | Last modified: | 2015-05-22 23:39:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-05-22 23:39:56 |
| 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] |