Where: Italy (46.3° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 13.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Layers dating to the onset of MIS2. Charred wood from one of these hearths yielded an age of 33,480–30,020 y cal BP, assessing the placement of US6 in the early Gravettian period
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; siliciclastic sediments
•rare bones, lithic implements and two hearths
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Sezione di Scienze Preistoriche e Antropologiche of the Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici of the University of Ferrara
Primary reference: L. Carrera, M. Pavia, M. Romandini and M. Peresani. 2018. Avian fossil assemblages at the onset of the LGM in the eastern Alps: A palaecological contribution from the Rio Secco Cave (Italy). Comptes Rendus Palevol 17:166-177 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 197787: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.11.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Galliformes indet. fowl | |
Phasianidae indet., Coturnix coturnix, Lyrurus tetrix, Lagopus muta, Tetrao urogallus, Perdix perdix
Coturnix coturnix Linnaeus 1758 common quail
Lyrurus tetrix Linnaeus 1758 black grouse
Lagopus muta Montin 1781 rock ptarmigan
Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus 1758 western capercaillie
Perdix perdix Linnaeus 1758 grey partridge | |
Aves | |
Buteo buteo Linnaeus 1758 common buzzard | |
Falco sp. Linnaeus 1758 falcon | |
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
Turdus sp. Linnaeus 1758 true thrush
cf. Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus 1758 mistle thrush | |
Prunella collaris Scopoli 1769 alpine accentor | |
Corvidae indet. Vigors 1825 perching bird
Pica pica Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian magpie
Nucifraga caryocatactes Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian nutcracker | |
Pyrrhula pyrrhula Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian bullfinch | |
Erithacus rubecula Linnaeus 1758 European robin | |
Alaudidae indet. Vigors 1825 lark | |
Rallidae indet. Vigors 1825 rail
Crex crex Linnaeus 1758 corn crake | |
Strigidae indet. Vigors 1825 true owl
Asio otus Linnaeus 1758 long-eared owl
Asio flammeus Pontoppidan 1763 short-eared owl | |
Picus canus Gmelin 1788 gray-headed woodpecker |