Arcille (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Tuscany, Italy (42.8° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 10.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Villanyian (3.2 - 2.6 Ma)

• Originally upper Ruscinian, but now early Villanyian, MN 16a. Triversa faunal unit. Date based on the presence of Mimomys aff stehlini.

•Baccinello

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lignite

• a lignite horizon containing micromammal remains, intercalated with Pliocene marine sediments (Kotsakis, 1986). Kotsakis et al. (2003) 'small sequence of clays and lignite.'

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: T. Kotsakis. 1986. Elementi di paleobiogeographia dei mammiferi Terziari dell Italia. Hystrix 1:25-68 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49336: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 13.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Blarinoides sp. Sulimski 1959 red-toothed shrew
 Rodentia - Muridae
Muridae "indet. 1" Illiger 1811 mouse
Muridae "indet. 2" Illiger 1811 mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus sp. Pomel 1853 pika