Fossil beetles collected by James Bennie from Late Glacial silts at Corstorphine, Edinburgh

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Synopsis: Remains of Coleoptera, collected by James Bennie at the end of the last century from Late Glacial deposits in Edinburgh, are described. All the fragments recognised can be identified with living species, but five of them are not now found living in Britain. The fauna is indicative of a marshy environment rather than a lake as had hitherto been assumed. For the most part the fauna indicates sub-arctic conditions with a somewhat more continental climate than prevails in Edinburgh at the moment. There are however certain anomalous associations in this assemblage which may be reconciled to some extent by assuming that the climatic regime of Late Glacial Edinburgh has no precise equivalent anywhere in Europe today. An attempt is made to put together a picture of a climatic regime that might have been acceptable to all the species in this fauna.

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