Isernia la Pineta sector 1, Upper Voluturno, Molise (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Molise, Italy (41.6° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 41.6° N, 14.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Middle Pleistocene.

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Site found 4m below the surface during road building. Small mammal remains recovered by sieving.

Primary reference: M. Coltorti, M. Cremaschi, M. C. Delitala, D. Esu, M. Fornaseri, A. McPherron, M. Nicoletti, R. Otterloo, C. Peretto, B. Sala, V. Schmidt and J. Sevink. 1982. Reversed magnetic polarity at an early Lower Pleistocene site in Central Italy. Nature 300:173-176 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 44092: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 01.09.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas antiquus" = Palaeoloxodon antiquus
"Elephas antiquus" = Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847 elephant
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Microtus arvalinus" = Microtus, "Pitymys cf. arvaloides" = Microtus, Arvicola cf. mosbachensis, "Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes, Pliomys episcopalis, Pliomys lenki
"Microtus arvalinus" = Microtus vole
"Pitymys cf. arvaloides" = Microtus vole
"Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes Pallas 1811 vole
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus deningeri
Ursus deningeri Reichenau 1904 bear
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison cf. schoetensacki, Hemitragus sp.
Bison cf. schoetensacki bison
mainly crania, most abundant taxon.
Hemitragus sp. Hodgson 1841 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
? Dama sp.
? Dama sp. Frisch 1775 fallow deer
Cervids are represented by possibly a single Dama individual.
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus scrofa
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus cf. amphibius
Hippopotamus cf. amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
Hippopotamus sp. cf. amphibius
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
"Dicerorhinus cf. hemitoechus" = Stephanorhinus hemitoechus
"Dicerorhinus cf. hemitoechus" = Stephanorhinus hemitoechus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros