Zoppega 2, Brecce di Soave, Verona, Northern Italy: Middle Pleistocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cervidae
Dama dama (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)
Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa caeca Savi 1822
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Neomys sp. Kaup 1829
Nesiotites sp. Bate 1945
    = Episoriculus sp. Ellerman and Morrison-Scott 1951
Bon et al. 1991
Crocidura zorzii
Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832
Crocidura cf. russula (Herrmann 1780)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Allocricetus bursae
Pliomys episcopalis
Allophaiomys ruffoi
Allophaiomys sp. Kormos 1932
Dolomys sp. Nehring 1898
    = Dinaromys sp. Kretzoi 1955
Bon et al. 1991
Dinaromys vel Pliomys sp.
Mimomys savini
Microtus nivalinus
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
Pitymys sp. McMurtrie 1831
    = Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
Bon et al. 1991
Microtus dentatus
    = Microtus brecciensis Forsyth Major 1905
Bon et al. 1991
Microtus cf. arvalis (Pallas 1779)
Microtus cf. agrestis (Linnaeus 1761)
Arvicola bactonensis
Cricetus cricetus (Linnaeus 1758)
Cricetus cricetus praeglacialis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Macaca cf. sylvana (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Macaca sylvanus
Reptilia - Serpentes
Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo cf. hermanni Gmelin 1789
Reptilia
Aves indet. 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: Earliest 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:43655
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-08-19 03:11:11 Last modified:2004-08-19 06:11:11
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-19 03:11:11
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]