Upton Warren, Band 4: Late/Upper Pleistocene, United Kingdom
collected 1950
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Planorbidae
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Ancylus fluviatilis
Müller 1774
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Lymnaeidae
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Lymnaea truncatula
(Müller 1774)
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| recombined as Galba truncatula | |||||||
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Lymnaea peregra
(Müller 1774)
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Succineidae
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Succinea pfeifferi
Rossmässler 1835
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Pupilla muscorum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Scarabaeidae
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Aegialia sabuleti
(Panzer 1797)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Aegialia (Psammoporus) sabuleti | |||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Curculionidae
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Notaris aethiops
(Fabricius 1792)
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15 specimens | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Worcestershire |
| Coordinates: | 52.3° North, 2.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.3° North, 2.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 42 Ka (14C) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The Upton Warren site was radiocarbon dated at 41,500 +/-1200 (GRO 595) and 41,900 +/- 800 (GRO 1245). Both dates are in close agreement and together with a dated humate extract indicate that the organic horizon was deposited approximately 42,000 years B.P. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified peat | ||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | non-subsiding area |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | Late 1950s |
Metadata
| Database number: | 163076 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | freshwater,paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2014-10-11 23:47:19 | Last modified: | 2014-10-11 23:47:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-10-11 23:47:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 53071. | G. R. Coope, F. W. Shotton, I. Strachan and S. P. Dance. 1961. A Late Pleistocene fauna and flora from Upton Warren, Worcestershire. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 244:379-421 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |