Where: Italy (46.3° N, 13.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Overlying layer dated to 33,480–30,020 y cal BP; underlying unit dated at 47,940–45,840 cal BP
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; siliciclastic sediments
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 197788: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.11.2018
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Galliformes indet. fowl | |
Perdix perdix Linnaeus 1758 grey partridge
Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus 1758 western capercaillie
Lyrurus tetrix Linnaeus 1758 black grouse
Lagopus muta Montin 1781 rock ptarmigan | |
Aves | |
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus 1758 red crossbill
Pyrrhula pyrrhula Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian bullfinch | |
Emberizidae indet. Vigors 1831 old world bunting | |
Corvidae indet. Vigors 1825 perching bird | |
Paridae indet. Vigors 1825 perching bird | |
Muscicapidae indet. Fleming 1822 flycatcher
Erithacus rubecula Linnaeus 1758 European robin | |
Turdus sp. Linnaeus 1758 true thrush | |
Fulica atra Linnaeus 1758 common coot |