Castello, Brecce di Soave, Verona, Northern Italy: Middle Pleistocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus cf. mediterraneus
Lepus europaeus Pallas 1778
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Dolomys sp. Nehring 1898
    = Dinaromys sp. Kretzoi 1955
Bon et al. 1991
Microtus aff. dentatus
Microtus nivalis
Microtus cf. nivalis
Microtus cf. nivaloides
Microtus subnivalis
Pitymys cf. fatioi
    = Microtus cf. fatioi
Bon et al. 1991
Pitymys aff. subterraneus
    = Microtus aff. subterraneus
Bon et al. 1991
Microtus arvalis (Pallas 1779)
Arvicola sp. Lacépède 1799
Allophaiomys ruffoi
Dolomys episcopalis
    = Pliomys episcopalis
Bon et al. 1991
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Canis lupus aff. mosbachensis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera pardus (Linnaeus 1758)
Panthera pardus cf. antiqua
Felis leo Linnaeus 1758
Felis leo spelaea
    = Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758
Bon et al. 1991
Panthera leo spelaea
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus stenonis Cocchi 1867
recombined as Allohippus stenonis
Equus stenonis major
Mammalia - Cervidae
Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus 1758)
Cervus elephas
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Dama somonensis (Cuvier 1800)
Mammalia - Soricidae
Crocidura zorzii
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Verona
Coordinates: 45.4° North, 11.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.4° North, 11.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Chibanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Early Middle Pleistocene, Galerian.
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:43649
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-08-19 01:41:09 Last modified:2004-08-19 04:41:09
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-19 01:41:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11465.PACED 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]