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

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Anguidae
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820
    = ? Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Bon et al. 1991
probably Ophisaurus sp.
Reptilia - Serpentes
Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Colubridae
Coluber viridiflavus Lacépède 1789
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacerta viridis (Laurenti 1768)
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Mus sylvaticus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus cf. dentatus
Microtus subnivalis
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
Pitymys cf. fatioi
    = Microtus cf. fatioi
Bon et al. 1991
Pitymys aff. savii
    = Microtus aff. savii
Bon et al. 1991
Pitymys sp. McMurtrie 1831
    = Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
Bon et al. 1991
Microtus arvalis (Pallas 1779)
Microtus agrestis (Linnaeus 1761)
Arvicola praeceptor
Arvicola sp. Lacépède 1799
Evotomys ex gr. nageri
    = Clethrionomys ex gr. nageri
Bon et al. 1991
synonym of Myodes
Mimomys reidi
Mimomys savini
Mimomys sp. Forsyth-Major 1902
Allophaiomys ruffoi
Allocricetus bursae
Allocricetus sp. Schaub 1930
Cricetus sp. Leske 1779
Cricetus cricetus (Linnaeus 1758)
Cricetus cricetus praeglacialis
Dolomys episcopalis
    = Pliomys episcopalis
Bon et al. 1991
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Glis glis (Linnaeus 1766)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus cf. mediterraneus
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758
Talpa romana Thomas 1902
Talpa cf. caeca Savi 1822
Mammalia - Soricidae
Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832
Crocidura russula (Herrmann 1780)
Beremendia fissidens (Petényi 1864)
Sorex pachyodon
Petenyia suavensis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutra lutra (Linnaeus 1758)
Mustela nivalis Linnaeus 1766
Mustela putorius Linnaeus 1758
Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
Panthera leo spelaea
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Canis lupus aff. mosbachensis
Vulpes alopecoides Forsyth Major 1877
Mammalia - Cervidae
Megaceros euryceros
    = Megaloceros euryceros
Bon et al. 1991
Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus 1758)
Capreolus capreolus pygargus
Dama somonensis (Cuvier 1800)
Cervus elephas
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cervus cornaliai D'Erasmo 1933
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
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: Earlt 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:43653
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-08-19 02:32:29 Last modified:2004-08-19 05:32:29
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-19 02:32:29
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]