Quinzano, Verona, Northern Italy (Pleistocene to of Italy)

Also known as Villa di Quinzano

Where: Verona, Italy (45.5° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 11.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• Five different caves, with differing ages from Middle-Late Pleistocene, plus some Holocene. Stone tools have also been found here.

Environment/lithology: cave

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Collection methods: Mixed fauna from dating from Middle Pleistocene-Holocene. Material curated in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona.

Primary reference: M. Bon, G. Piccoli, and B. Sala. 1991. I giacimenti Quaternari di vertebrati fossili nell'Italia Nord-Orientale. Memorie degli Instituti di Geologia e Mineralogia dell'Universita di Padova 47:185-231 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 43657: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 19.08.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
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Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas sp., Mammuthus trogontherii
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant
Mammuthus trogontherii Pohlig 1885 mammoth
Elephas trogontherii intermedius
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Megaloceros euryceros, Cervus elephas, Cervus sp., Dama dama, Capreolus capreolus, Alces alces
Megaloceros euryceros Irish elk
Megaceros euryceros italiae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
Dama dama Linnaeus 1758 fallow deer
Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer
Alces alces Linnaeus 1758 moose
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Bison priscus, Bos sp., Bos primigenius, Capra sp., Capra ibex, Rupicapra rupicapra
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Bovidarum gen. sp. indet.
Bison priscus Bojanus 1827 bison
Bos sp. Linnaeus 1758 ox
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
Capra sp. Linnaeus 1758 goat
Capra ibex Linnaeus 1758 Alpine ibex
Rupicapra rupicapra Linnaeus 1758 chamois
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus palustris, Sus sp.
Sus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pig
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes sp., Canis sp.
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine