Grotta Maggiore do S. Bernardino (Pleistocene), Colli Berici, Northern Italy: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetus cricetus (Linnaeus 1758)
Dolomys ex gr. bogdanovi
    = Dinaromys ex gr. bogdanovi
Bon et al. 1991
Dolomys cf. milleri
    = Dinaromys cf. milleri
Bon et al. 1991
Arvicola sp. Lacépède 1799
Evotomys sp. Coues 1874
    = Clethrionomys sp. Tilesius 1850
Bon et al. 1991
synonym of Myodes
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Glis glis (Linnaeus 1766)
Dryomys nitedula Pallas 1778
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Marmota marmota (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus 1758)
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Martes martes (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cervidae
Dama dama (Linnaeus 1758)
In reality deciduous cervid incisors.
    = Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
Bon et al. 1991
cervid deciduous incisors.
Megaceros euryceros
    = Megaloceros euryceros
Bon et al. 1991
Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus 1758)
Alces alces (Linnaeus 1758)
(1 measurement)
Cervus elephas
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
Bos or Bison sp.
Capra ibex Linnaeus 1758
Capra aegagrus Erxleben 1777
Rupicapra rupicapra (Linnaeus 1758)
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Vicenza
Coordinates: 45.6° North, 11.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.5° North, 11.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:135 meters
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Late Pleistocene. The site is a large cave. Much sediment was eroded or damaged when the site was lived in, in the Medieval period. The date of the site is in dispute, some authors say the last glacial (Devensian in the UK sequence), others say there is a Holocene element. The Holocene specimens include domestic species and these have been entered separately. The material was first published by Fabiani 1903 and 1919, and he included both Pleistocene and Holocene faunas in those lists.
Lithology and environment
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: The material is held in The Departimento di Scienze Geologiche e Paleontologiche dell'Universita di Ferrara and the Museo Civico di Vicenza.
Taxonomic list comments:The material reported to be Holocene includes domestic species and has been entered separately.
Metadata
Database number:43689
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-08-23 03:26:57 Last modified:2004-08-23 06:45:17
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-23 03:26:57
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]