Ingarano cave, layer D (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (41.8° N, 15.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Conglomerate two to four meters thick, overlying a discontinuity surface. Age bracketed by U/Th date of 40 ka from layer B and Mousterian artifacts (no younger than 35 ka) in layer E.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sinkhole; conglomerate

• Karst filling succession within the Jurassic-Cretaceous limestone of the "Calcare di Sannicandro" Formation, probably representing the infilling of a sinkhole, the structure of which is no longer visible now that quarry activities have exposed the entire succession.
• Conglomerate with angular clasts, some larger than 10 cm, and a prevalently calcareous matrix

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Bedetti and M. Pavia. 2007. Reinterpretation of the late Pleistocene Ingarano cave deposit based on the fossil bird associations (Apulia, south-eastern Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 113:487-507 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 194933: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.07.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Perdix perdix
Perdix perdix Linnaeus 1758 grey partridge
Aves
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus sp., Corvus corone, Corvus corax, Pyrrhocorax graculus
Corvus sp. Linnaeus 1758 crow
Corvus corone vel. frugilegus
Corvus corone Linnaeus 1758 carrion crow
Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 common raven
Pyrrhocorax graculus Linnaeus 1766 yellow-billed chough
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columba livia
Columba livia Gmelin 1789 rock pigeon