Sample 2, Titusville Site (0-60 cm): Tarantian, Pennsylvania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Bembidion morulum
LeConte 1863
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Formicidae
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Formicidae indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Formicariae | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Dytiscidae
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Colymbetes sp.
Clairville 1806
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Carabidae
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Carabidae indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Notiophilus sp.
(Duméril 1805)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Elaphrus lapponicus
Gyllenhal 1810
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Elaphrus americanus
Dejean 1831
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Blethisa catenaria
Brown 1944
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cymindis cribricollis
Dejean 1831
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Cymindis (Tarulus) cribricollis | ||||||||||
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Pterostichus patruelis
(Dejean 1831)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Pterostichus (Phonias) patruelis | ||||||||||
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Amara sp.
Bonelli 1810
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Carabus maeander
Fischer von Waldheim 1822
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Carabus (Homoeocarabus) maeander | ||||||||||
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Dyschirius sp.
Bonelli 1810
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Trechus crassiscapus
Lindroth 1955
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Trechus (Trechus) crassiscapus | ||||||||||
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Bembidion informal anguliferum group
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Patrobus sp.
Dejean 1821
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Patrobus foveocollis
(Eschscholtz 1823)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Patrobus stygicus
Chaudoir 1872
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Patrobus septentrionis
Dejean 1828
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Chrysomelidae
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Chrysomelidae indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Chrysomelinae | ||||||||||
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Mantura sp.
Stephens 1831
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Brentidae
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Apion sp.
Herbst 1797
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Curculionidae
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Ceutorhynchinae indet.
(Gistel 1848)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Pelenomus sp.
Thomson 1859
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Erirhinus aethiops
(Fabricius 1792)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Notaris aethiops | ||||||||||
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Pityophthorus sp.
Eichhoff 1864
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Carphoborus andersoni
Swaine 1919
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Helophoridae
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Helophorus sp.
(Fabricius 1775)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Elophorus | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Hydrophilidae
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Hydrophilidae indet.
Latreille 1802
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Enochrus sp.
Thomson 1859
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Scarabaeidae
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Aegialia sp.
Latreille 1807
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Aphodius sp.
Hellwig 1798
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Leiodidae
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Catops sp.
Paykull 1798
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Staphylinidae
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Staphylinidae indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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17 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Staphyliniae | ||||||||||
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Omaliinae indet.
MacLeay 1825
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24 specimens | |||||||||
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Holoboreaphilus nordenskioeldi
(Maklin 1878)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Holoboreaphilus nordenskioldi | ||||||||||
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Pycnoglypta sp.
Thomson 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pycnoglypta aptera or Pycnoglypta lurida | ||||||||||
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Olophrum rotundicolle
(Sahlberg 1817)
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22 specimens | |||||||||
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Olophrum consimile
(Gyllenhal 1810)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Eucnecosum sp.
Reitter 1909
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Eucnecosum brunnescens
(Sahlberg 1871)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Stenus sp.
Latreille 1796
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108 specimens | |||||||||
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Euaesthetinae indet.
Thomson 1859
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38 specimens | |||||||||
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Bledius sp.
Leach 1819
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Aleocharinae indet.
(Fleming 1821)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Gymnusa sp.
Gravenhorst 1806
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Tachyporinae indet.
MacLeay 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Tachinus tachyporoides
Horn 1877
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Nitidotachinus tachyporoides | ||||||||||
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Mycetoporus sp.
Mannerheim 1830
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Pselaphidae indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Pselaphii | ||||||||||
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Thanatophilus sp.
Leach 1815
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Scydmaenidae indet.
(Leach 1815)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Scydmaeninae | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Byrrhidae
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Cytilus alternatus
(Say 1825)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Curimopsis cf. moosilauke
Johnson 1986
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Trichoptera
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Trichoptera indet.
Kirby 1815
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates: | 41.6° North, 79.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.6° North, 79.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tarantian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Titusville Till | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: slightly below sample 1 which is dated as 39070 years old |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified peat | ||
| Environment: | mire/swamp | Tectonic setting: | non-subsiding area |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,sieve |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collection method comments: In 1990, 174 kg of peat and silt from six samples was collected from the three organic horizons at depths of 0–60, 120–155, and 245–255 cm, respectively (Fig. 2). The 0-cm data position was defined at the top of the upper organic horizon. Chitinous remains of insects were recovered from the samples using a kerosene flotation technique (Ashworth, 1979). Disaggregation of highly compressed peats was aided by soaking them in a 5% NaOH solution. Arthropod remains were abundant and well preserved in all samples. All specimens, including those examined by Totten and Coope in 1967, were mounted onto micropaleontological slides and reposited in the Quaternary Entomology Laboratory at North Dakota State University. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 137204 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | J. Karr |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2012-12-12 09:35:32 | Last modified: | 2015-12-15 18:34:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-12-12 09:35:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43873. | S. Cong, A. C. Ashworth, D. P. Schwert and S. M. Totten. 1996. Fossil Beetle Evidence for a Short Warm Interval near 40,000 yr B.P. at Titusville, Pennsylvania. Quaternary Research 45:216-225 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Karr] |