Where: Trieste, Italy (45.8° N, 13.6° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 13.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• Middle Pleistocene.
Environment/lithology:
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: The material is held temporarily held in the Departimento di Scienze Geologiche e Paleontologiche dell'Universita di Ferrara, the Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra di Firenze and the Dipartimento di Scienze Archeologiche di Pisa.
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 43704: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 23.08.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
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Marmota marmota, "Citellus sp." = Spermophilus
Marmota marmota Linnaeus 1758 Alpine marmot
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel | |
Microtus gregalis, Microtus nivalis, Microtus arvalis, Microtus ex gr. arvalis, Microtus agrestis, Arvicola cantiana, Arvicola sp., Dinaromys ex gr. bogdanovi, "Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes, Allocricetus bursae, Cricetus cricetus, Pliomys episcopalis
Microtus gregalis vole
Microtus nivalis vole
Microtus arvalis Pallas 1779 common vole
Microtus agrestis Linnaeus 1761 field vole
Arvicola cantiana vole
Arvicola sp. Lacépède 1799 vole
"Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes Pallas 1811 vole
Allocricetus bursae mouse
Cricetus cricetus Linnaeus 1758 European hamster
Pliomys episcopalis mouse | |
Ochotona pusillus pika
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika | |
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758 European mole
Talpa cf. romana Thomas 1902 mole | |
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Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore | |
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox | |
Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer
Dama sp. Frisch 1775 fallow deer
Dama dama Linnaeus 1758 fallow deer | |
Capridae indet. Gray 1821 placental | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Stephanorhinus mercki rhinoceros |