Grotta Tilde, Gabrovizza, Trieste, Northern Italy: Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus ferus
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| Equus ferus cf. przewalskii | ||||||||||
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= Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Equus caballus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Megaceros euryceros
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= Megaloceros euryceros
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Cervus elephas
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Capreolus capreolus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Alces alces
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison priscus
(Bojanus 1827)
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Bos primigenius
Bojanus 1827
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis leo
Linnaeus 1758
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| Felis leo spelaea | ||||||||||
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= Panthera leo
Linnaeus 1758
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| Panthera leo spelaea | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes vulpes
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Canis lupus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus spelaeus
Rosenmüller 1794
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Meles meles
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Microtus arvalis
(Pallas 1779)
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Evotomys glareolus
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= Clethrionomys glareolus
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| synonym of Myodes | ||||||||||
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Dolomys sp.
Nehring 1898
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= Dinaromys sp.
Kretzoi 1955
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| Dinaromys vel Pliomys sp. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus timidus
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Trieste |
| Coordinates: | 45.7° North, 13.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.7° North, 13.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle-Upper Pleistocene. |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: bone breccia. | |
| Environment: | cave |
| Geology comments: A vertical chimney within a branch of the Grotta Tilde. | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Site found in 1896. Material stored in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Grotta dell'Alce, Losova Jama | ||
| Database number: | 43702 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-08-23 07:03:22 | Last modified: | 2004-08-23 10:03:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-23 07:03:22 |
| 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] |