Pirro Nord, D'Agostino Collection. (Pleistocene of Italy)

Also known as Cava Pirro

Where: Foggia, Italy (41.8° N, 15.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 15.4° E)

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• fissure fillings. Late Early Pleistocene, younger than the Tasso FU, but not Middle Pleistocene, probably Farneta FU - ?Jaramillo? This material was collectd from Pirro Nord, but it is not known which fissure it came from.

Environment/lithology: fissure fill

• Karst infilling, with frequent occurrence of quartz grains - probably derived from the Apennines - indicating a palaeogeography similar to that of today.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. De Guili, F. Masini, and D. Torre. 1990. The Latest Villfranchian faunas in Italy - the Pirro Nord local fauna (Apricena, Gargano). Quatarpalaontologie 8:29-34 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41007: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 05.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus etruscus
Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus cf. altidens
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet., ""Dama" cf. nestii" = Cervus nestii
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
""Dama" cf. nestii" = Cervus nestii Azzaroli 1947 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
cf. Bison sp., Caprinae indet., Ovibovini indet.
cf. Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
Bovini cf. Bison
Caprinae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Pachycrocuta brevirostris
Pachycrocuta brevirostris Gervais 1850 brown hyaena
 Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium crenatidens
Homotherium crenatidens Fabrini 1890 cat
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus etruscus
Ursus etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Archidiskodon meridionalis" = Mammuthus meridionalis
"Archidiskodon meridionalis" = Mammuthus meridionalis Nesti 1825 mammoth