Quisisana-Certosa: Middle Pleistocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821
62 specimens
This paper. 53 molar fragemnts, 7 tusk fragments, 1 occipital ocndyle and an illium fragment.
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758
5 specimens
either E. trogontherii or E. primigenius. Piperno & Segre (1984)
    = Mammuthus (Mammuthus) chosaricus Dubrovo 1966
Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995
This paper.
Elephas antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847
5 specimens
In Pigorini (1906) and Bellini (1916). 5 molar fragments.
    = Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847
Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995
recombined as Palaeoloxodon antiquus
This paper.
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus aff. suessenbornensis Wüst 1901
3 specimens
recombined as Equus (Sussemionus) suessenbornensis
This paper. 3 teeth.
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros tichorhinus Cuvier 1822
In Pigorini (1906) and Bellini (1916)
    = Rhinoceros mercki Kaup 1841
Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995
In Rovereto (1908)
    = Dicerorhinus cf. hemitoechus Falconer 1868
Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995
Piperno & Segre (1984)
    = Stephanorhinus hemitoechus Falconer 1868
Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995
This paper.
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758
10 specimens
In Pigorini (1906) and Bellini (1916). several canine fragments, 7 teeth fragments.
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
52 specimens
This paper. 25 limb bone fragments, 27 antler fragments.
Dama sp. Frisch 1775
33 specimens
This paper.
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
11 specimens
In Pigorini (1906) and Bellini (1916)
    = Cervus elaphas
Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995
In Rovereto (1908)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827
15 specimens
This paper.
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
9 specimens
In Pigorini (1906) and Bellini (1916). Sus scrofa ferus in Piperno & Segre (1984)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis pardus Linnaeus 1758
8 specimens
In Rovereto (1908)
    = Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758
Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995
This paper.
Felis ? tigris Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Panthera tigris
In Pigorini (1906) and Bellini (1916). Not mentioned in later papers.
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta cf. crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
27 specimens
Crocuta cf. C. crocuta spelaea. This paper.
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller 1794
16 specimens
In Pigorini (1906) and Bellini (1916)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
In Pigorini (1906) and Bellini (1916)
    = Canis cf. mosbachensis Soergel 1925
Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995
This paper.
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hystrix ? cristata Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
In Rovereto (1908)
    = Oryctolagus cuniculus Linnaeus 1758
Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995
misidentification of a rib fragment. This paper.
Lepus cuniculus Linnaeus 1758
18 specimens
In Rovereto (1908)
    = Oryctolagus cuniculus Linnaeus 1758
Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emys sp. Dumeril 1806
1 specimen
Piperno & Segre (1984)
    = Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758
Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995
This paper.
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo hermanni Gmelin 1789
30 specimens
This paper.
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Capri Island
Coordinates: 40.6° North, 14.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.5° North, 14.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:-50 meters
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, based on fauna. There are two localites (Quisisana and Certosa) in a south sloping terrace and several collections dating back to 1901 are included in this faunal list. They have all been referred to 'Quisisana-Certosa'. The site has been controversial because of the possible association of stone tools with Middle Pleistocene faunas.
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: The lithology has been descibed by several different authors as 'lacustrine oxidised clays, with vertebrate bones and chert artefacts.', 'Red clays dipping west without volcanic minerals and with vertebrate bones. The upper portion of this level bears lithic artefacts.' and 'Red clays (= 'Lehm' Auct.) with an acheulean industry in the upper part, overlying Middle Pleistocene vertebrate remains' (Other layers with Late Pleistocene remains overlie this).
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Fossils stored at the Museum of the Sezione Caprense 'Ignazio Cerio' of the Instituto Italiano di Palaeontologia Umana, in Museo di Paleontologia, University of Naples 'Frederico II' and Instituto Italiano di Palaeontologia Umana, Rome.
Metadata
Database number:43016
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-08-09 07:36:21 Last modified:2004-08-09 10:39:53
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-09 07:36:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11400.PACED L. Capasso Barbato and E. Gliozzi. 1995. Biochronological and palaeogeographical implications of a well-balanced late Middle Pleistocene fauna from Quisiana-Certosa (Capri, Southern Italy). Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 34(2):235-261 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]