Malagrotta, Rome: Middle Pleistocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas antiquus
Falconer and Cautley 1847
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| recombined as Palaeoloxodon antiquus | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus caballus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus cf. hemitoechus
(Falconer 1868)
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| recombined as Stephanorhinus hemitoechus | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Dama sp.
Frisch 1775
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Cervus cf. elephas
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bos primigenius
Bojanus 1827
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis cf. lupus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Oryctolagus sp.
Lilljeborg 1874
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Calidris temminckii
(Leisler 1812)
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Perdix perdix
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Anser brachyrhynchus
Baillon 1834
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Branta bernicla
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Anas platyrhynchos
Linnaeus 1758
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Anas acuta
Linnaeus 1758
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Anas penelope
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Mareca penelope | |||||||
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Anas querquedula
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Spatula querquedula | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Rallus aquaticus
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Roma |
| Coordinates: | 41.9° North, 12.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.9° North, 12.2° 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: Late Middle Pleistocene, 300-250,000 years based on archaeological typology (evolved Clactonian), Riss. |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: Leucitic tufites, paleosols (containing the archaeology and vertebrate faunas) and limno-marshy levels layered on Cerastoderma and Ostrea lamellosa brackish sandy beds. | |
| Geology comments: The sites are raised betweeen 10m and 70m by neotectonics. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | anthropogenic |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Fragmentation: | extreme |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
| Collection method comments: The site was found by Dr Ernesto Longo in 1970. It was excavated between 1975-1978 by the Istituto di Antropologia e Paleontologia Umana dell'Universita di Pisa. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:There may be several levels of mammals mixed in this list. This is the preliminary report on the site. Highly fragmented, of 5850 specimens recovered only 70 were identifiable. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 44090 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-09-01 05:52:35 | Last modified: | 2004-09-01 08:52:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-09-01 05:52:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11572. | PACED | P. F. Cassoli, C. De Guili, A. M. Radmilli and A.G. Segre. 1982. Giacimento del Paleolitico inferiore a Malagrotta (Roma). Estratto dagli atti Della XXIII Riunione scientifica dell'Instituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria, Firenze 7-9 Maggio 1980 531-549 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/S. Bruning] |