Where: Siracusa, Italy (37.0° N, 15.2° E: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 15.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified, sandy breccia
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
• The specimens are preserved in the Museo di Paleontologia dell'Università di Roma (MPUR) and in the Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia of the Torino University (MGPT), both in Italy
Primary reference: M. Pavia. 1999. The Middle Pleistocene avifauna of Spinagallo Cave (Sicily, Italy): preliminary report. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 89:125-127 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 175900: authorized by Marco Pavia, entered by Marco Pavia on 17.01.2016, edited by Matthew Clapham and Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Coturnix coturnix Linnaeus 1758 common quail | |
Aves | |
Accipiter gentilis Linnaeus 1758 northern goshawk
Accipiter nisus Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian sparrowhawk | |
"Larus ridibundus" = Chroicocephalus ridibundus, "Larus minutus" = Hydrocoloeus minutus
"Larus ridibundus" = Chroicocephalus ridibundus Linnaeus 1758 black-headed gull
"Larus minutus" = Hydrocoloeus minutus Pallas 1776 little gull | |
Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian woodcock | |
Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus 1758 pied avocet | |
Falco columbarius Linnaeus 1758 merlin
Falco subbuteo Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian hobby
Falco eleonorae Gené 1839 Eleonora's falcon
Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus 1758 Common kestrel | |
Anser erythropus, Branta sp., Marmaronetta angustirostris, "Anas querquedula" = Spatula querquedula, "Anas penelope" = Mareca penelope
Anser erythropus Linnaeus 1758 lesser white-fronted goose
Branta sp. Scopoli 1769 goose
Marmaronetta angustirostris Ménétriés 1832 marbled teal
"Anas querquedula" = Spatula querquedula Linnaeus 1758 garganey
"Anas penelope" = Mareca penelope Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian wigeon | |
Caprimulgus cf. europaeus Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian nightjar | |
Apus melba Linnaeus 1758 alpine swift | |
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
Turdus "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1758 true thrush
Turdus "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1758 true thrush | |
Sylvia sp. Scopoli 1769 perching bird | |
Prunella modularis Linnaeus 1758 hedge accentor | |
Corvidae indet. Vigors 1825 perching bird
Pica pica Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian magpie
Pyrrhocorax graculus Linnaeus 1766 yellow-billed chough | |
Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Fringilla sp., Carduelis sp., Serinus sp., "Carduelis chloris" = Chloris chloris, Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Pyrrhula pyrrhula Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian bullfinch
Carduelis sp. Brisson 1760 finch
Serinus sp. Koch 1816 finch
"Carduelis chloris" = Chloris chloris Linnaeus 1758 European greenfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustes Linnaeus 1758 hawfinch | |
Sturnus sp. Linnaeus 1756 starling | |
Hirundo sp. Linnaeus 1758 swallow | |
Emberiza "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1758 old world bunting
Emberiza "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1758 old world bunting
Emberiza "sp. 3" Linnaeus 1758 old world bunting | |
Lanius senator Linnaeus 1758 woodchat shrike | |
Erithacus rubecula Linnaeus 1758 European robin
Monticola solitarius Linnaeus 1758 blue rock-thrush
Oenanthe cf. hispanica Linnaeus 1758 black-eared wheatear | |
Petronia petronia Linnaeus 1766 rock petronia | |
Anthus sp. Bechstein 1805 perching bird | |
Calandrella brachydactyla Leisler 1814 greater short-toed lark
Lullula arborea Linnaeus 1758 wood lark | |
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Grus sp. Brisson 1760 crane | |
Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 water rail | |
Tyto mourerchauvireae n. sp.2
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Asio otus Linnaeus 1758 long-eared owl
Otus scops Linnaeus 1758 European scops-owl
cf. Surnia ulula Linnaeus 1758 northern hawk owl | |
Columba livia Gmelin 1789 rock pigeon
Columba palumbus Linnaeus 1758 common wood-pigeon
Streptopelia turtur Linnaeus 1758 European turtle-dove | |
Cuculus canorus Linnaeus 1758 common cuckoo | |
Picus viridis Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian green woodpecker
Dendrocopos leucotos Bechstein 1802 white-backed woodpecker | |
Geronticus eremita Linnaeus 1758 northern bald ibis | |
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