Kalaloch Site, Browns Point, Sample 1: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Washington

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Bembidion rusticum Casey 1918
1 individual
recombined as Bembidion (Plataphus) rusticum
Insecta - Coleoptera - Byrrhidae
Cytilus mimicus Casey 1912
1 individual
Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Elateridae indet. Leach 1815
1 individual
Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Aphodius spp.
2 individuals
Insecta - Coleoptera - Helophoridae
Helophorus lacustris Le Conte 1850
2 individuals
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Arpedium cribratum Fauvel 1878
1 individual
Oxytelus fuscipennis Mannerheim 1843
1 individual
synonym of Oxytelus laqueatus
Aleocharinae indet. (Fleming 1821)
5 individuals
Stenus spp.
2 individuals
Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptiliidae
Ptiliidae indet. (Erichson 1845)
1 individual
Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Chrysomelidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
1 individual
original and current combination Chrysomelinae
Asiorestia pallida (Fall 1910)
2 individuals
Insecta - Coleoptera - Brentidae
Apion sp. Herbst 1797
3 individuals
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Erirhinus aethiops (Fabricius 1792)
1 individual
recombined as Notaris aethiops
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Washington County:Jefferson
Coordinates: 47.6° North, 124.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.6° North, 124.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
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:16.97 ± 0.3 to 16.7 ± 0.16 Ka (14C)
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified silty claystone
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:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Quaternary Entomology Laboratory, Department of Geosciences, North Dakota State University
Metadata
Database number:169359
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2015-05-20 23:54:56 Last modified:2015-05-22 23:55:15
Access level:the public Released:2015-05-20 23:54:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

55331. S. G. Cong and A. C. Ashworth. 1996. Palaeoenvironmental interpretation of Middle and Late Wisconsinan fossil coleopteran assemblages from western Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA. Journal of Quaternary Science 11:345-356 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]