Where: Italy (41.8° N, 15.4° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 41.5° N, 15.5° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)
• The composition of the Pirro Nord vertebrate fauna put it in the late Early Pleistocene, more precisely it represents the last Faunal Unit of the Villafranchian Mammal age in the Italian biochronological scheme. From a chronological point of view the Pirro Nord Faunal Unit can be attributed to an interval between 1.3 and 1.6 My.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra of the Firenze University (VIF)
Primary reference: C. Bedetti and M. Pavia. 2013. Early Pleistocene birds from Pirro Nord (Puglia, southern Italy). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 298:31-53 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 197789: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.11.2018
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Alectoris sp. Kaup 1829 partridge
Palaeocryptonyx donnezani Deperet 1890 pheasant
Perdix aff. palaeoperdix Mourer-Chauviré 1975 partridge | |
Aves | |
Falco peregrinus Tunstall 1771 Peregrine falcon | |
"Philomachus pugnax" = Calidris pugnax Linnaeus 1758 ruff
Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian woodcock
Tringa sp. Linnaeus 1758 snipe | |
Pluvialis apricaria Linnaeus 1758 European golden-plover
Vanellus vanellus Linnaeus 1758 northern lapwing | |
Tyto aff. alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
Bubo bubo Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian eagle-owl
Athene noctua Scopoli 1769 little owl | |
Columba livia Gmelin 1789 rock pigeon | |
Jynx torquilla Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian wryneck | |
Anthus sp. Bechstein 1805 perching bird | |
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Turdus merula Linnaeus 1758 common blackbird | |
Alauda arvensis Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian skylark
Melanocorypha calandra Linnaeus 1766 calandra lark | |
Sylvia cf. communis Latham 1787 greater whitethroat | |
Garrulus glandarius Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian jay
Pica pica Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian magpie
Corvus pliocaenus Portis 1887 crow
Pyrrhocorax graculus Linnaeus 1766 yellow-billed chough | |
"Anas clypeata" = Spatula clypeata Linnaeus 1758 northern shoveler
Anser albifrons Scopoli 1769 greater white-fronted goose
Tadorna ferruginea Pallas 1764 Ruddy shelduck | |
Pterocles orientalis Linnaeus 1758 black-bellied sandgrouse | |
Geronticus eremita Linnaeus 1758 northern bald ibis | |
Tetrax tetrax Linnaeus 1758 little bustard |