Where: Cuneo, Italy (44.7° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 7.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; poorly lithified, silty claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: The macromammals are kept in the Museo Civico "F. Eusebio" of Alba, Cuneo (MCEA), the other remains are kept in the Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia of the Torino University (MGPT), both in Italy
Primary reference: S. Colombero, C. Angelone, E. Bonelli, G. Carnevale, O. Cavallo, M. Delfino, P. Giuntelli, P. Mazza, G. Pavia, M. Pavia, and G. Repetto. 2014. The upper Messinian assemblages of fossil vertebrate remains of Verduno (NW Italy): Another brick for a latest Miocene bridge acress the Mediterranean. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 272(3):287-234 [M. Pavia/M. Pavia]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 175903: authorized by Marco Pavia, entered by Marco Pavia on 18.01.2016, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aves | |
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Reptilia | |
Galliformes indet. fowl | |
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Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
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Varanus sp. Merrem 1820 monitor lizard | |
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Mammalia | |
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Centralomys benericettii de Guili 1989 mouse
Paraethomys meini mouse
Apodemus gudrunae van de Weerd 1976 Eurasian field mouse
Occitanomys sp. Michaux 1969 mouse | |
Muscardinus vireti Hugueney and Mein 1965 dormouse | |
Apocricetus barrierei Mein and Michaux 1970 rodent | |
Prolagus sorbinii pika | |
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aff. Palaeomeryx sp. von Meyer 1834 ruminant | |
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Gazella aff. pilgrimi Bohlin 1935 gazelle | |
Euprox sp. Stehlin 1928 deer
Pliocervus sp. Hilzheimer 1922 deer | |
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Eucyon monticinensis Rook 1992 canine | |
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Hyaenictitherium sp. Kretzoi 1938 hyaena | |
Pristifelis attica Wagner 1857 cat
Amphimachairodus sp. Kretzoi 1929 cat | |
Parasorex sp. von Meyer 1865 hedgehog | |
Amphibia | |
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Actinopteri | |
? Lophiiformes indet. anglerfish
Lophiiformes indet. anglerfish | |
Aphanius crassicaudus Agassiz 1839 nono | |
Ostracoda | |
Cyprideis sp. Jones 1857 ostracod |