Zoppega 1, Brecce di Soave, Verona, Northern Italy: Middle Pleistocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847
recombined as Palaeoloxodon antiquus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros hemitoechus Falconer 1868
    = Rhinoceros cf. mercki Kaup 1841
Bon et al. 1991
    = Stephanorhinus cf. mercki
Bon et al. 1991
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cervidae
Megaceros euryceros
    = Megaloceros euryceros
Bon et al. 1991
Cervus elephas
Cervus cf. dama Linnaeus 1758
    = Dama cf. dama Linnaeus 1758
Bon et al. 1991
Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis leo Linnaeus 1758
Felis leo spelaea
    = Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758
Bon et al. 1991
Panthera leo spelaea
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller 1794
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: Last interglacial of the Middle Pleistocene.
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: This locality has been confused with another at Monteforte d'Alpone.
Metadata
Database number:43654
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-08-19 02:59:05 Last modified:2004-08-19 06:09:30
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-19 02:59:05
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]