Serbaro di Romagnano, Commune di Grezzana, Verona, Northern Italy: Middle Pleistocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas boschas Linnaeus 1758
synonym of Anas platyrhynchos
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas meridionalis Nesti 1825
Elephas meridionalis cromerensis
    = Archidiskodon meridionalis Nesti 1825
Bon et al. 1991
recombined as Mammuthus meridionalis
Archidiskodon meridionalis cromerensis
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758
Elephas antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847
recombined as Palaeoloxodon antiquus
archaic form.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Pitymys ex gr. savii
    = Microtus ex gr. savii
Bon et al. 1991
Pitymys sp. McMurtrie 1831
    = Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
Bon et al. 1991
Arvicola praeceptor
Evotomys sp. Coues 1874
    = Clethrionomys sp. Tilesius 1850
Bon et al. 1991
synonym of Myodes
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus europaeus Pallas 1778
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller 1794
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis leo Linnaeus 1758
Felis leo spelaea
    = Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758
Bon et al. 1991
Panthera leo spelaea
Felis pardus Linnaeus 1758
Felis pardus antiqua
    = Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758
Bon et al. 1991
Panthera pardus antiqua
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Canis lupus and Canis lupus aff. mosbachensis.
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus euryceros
    = Megaloceros euryceros
Bon et al. 1991
Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus 1758)
Capreolus capreolus pygargus
Dama dama (Linnaeus 1758)
Dama somonensis (Cuvier 1800)
Cervus elephas
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus priscus
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus stenonis Cocchi 1867
recombined as Allohippus stenonis
Equus stenonis major
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros mercki Kaup 1841
    = Stephanorhinus mercki
Bon et al. 1991
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Verona County:Grezzana
Coordinates: 46.0° North, 11.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.0° North, 11.1° 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: The material has been looked at briefly by a number of authors, but the assemblage was not systematically collected and therefore a secure date cannot be applied, other than stating that it is a Middle Pleistocene assemblage.
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ossiferous breccia.
Environment:fissure fill
Geology comments: The site is a 'series of ossiferous berccias in a split' (probably a fissure fill).
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: The majority of the material is curated in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona.
Metadata
Database number:43664
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-08-20 02:05:48 Last modified:2004-08-20 05:05:48
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-20 02:05:48
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]