Island fossil ungulates and their predators: Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas mnaidriensis
(Adamas 1874)
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original and current combination Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis | ||||||||||
middle to late Pleistocene | ||||||||||
Elephas falconeri
Busk 1867
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early Pleistocene | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera leo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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carnivore, middle to late Pleistocene | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Crocuta crocuta
(Erxleben 1777)
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carnivore, middle to late Pleistocene | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis lupus
Linnaeus 1758
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carnivore, middle to late Pleistocene | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus arctos
Linnaeus 1758
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carnivore, middle to late Pleistocene | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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middle to late Pleistocene | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus pentlandi
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middle to late Pleistocene | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bos primigenius
Bojanus 1827
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siciliae, middle to late Pleistocene | ||||||||||
Bison priscus
(Bojanus 1827)
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sicilae, middle to late Pleistocene | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Dama carburangelensis
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middle to late Pleistocene | ||||||||||
Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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siciliae, middle to late Pleistocene | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus hydruntinus
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middle to late Pleistocene | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Italy | State/province: | Sicily |
Coordinates: | 37.4° North, 14.7° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 37.4° North, 14.6° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | species names |
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection,observed (not collected) |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 94328 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | L. White |
Modifier: | L. White | ||
Created: | 2010-02-16 15:30:33 | Last modified: | 2010-02-16 17:34:58 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-16 15:30:33 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
32076. | P. Raia and S. Meiri. 2006. The Island Rule in Large Mammals: Paleontology Meets Ecology. Evolution 60(8):1731-1742 [M. Uhen/L. White] |