Cengelle 1, Brecce di Soave, Verona, Northern Italy (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Verona, Italy (45.4° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.4° N, 11.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Early Middle Pleistocene, Galerian.

Environment/lithology:

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Bon, G. Piccoli, and B. Sala. 1991. I giacimenti Quaternari di vertebrati fossili nell'Italia Nord-Orientale. Memorie degli Instituti di Geologia e Mineralogia dell'Universita di Padova 47:185-231 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 43645: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 18.08.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Bos sp., Capra sp.
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Bovidarum gen. sp. indet.
Bos sp. Linnaeus 1758 ox
Capra sp. Linnaeus 1758 goat
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Dama somonensis, Cervus elephas, Cervus cornaliai, Megaloceros euryceros, Capreolus capreolus
Dama somonensis Cuvier 1800 fallow deer
Cervus cornaliai D'Erasmo 1933 deer
Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer
Capreolus capreolus pygargus
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus scrofa
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse
Equus stenonis major
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp.
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus arctos
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758 brown bear
Ursus arctos mediterraneus
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
? Cyrnaonyx sp., Mustela putorius, Meles meles
? Cyrnaonyx sp. Helbing 1935 otter
Lutrinae gen. sp. indet (Cyrnaonyx ?sp)
Mustela putorius Linnaeus 1758 European polecat
Meles meles Linnaeus 1758 European badger
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus europaeus
Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Talpa cf. caeca, Talpa europaea, Talpa romana
Talpa cf. caeca Savi 1822 blind mole
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758 European mole
Talpa romana Thomas 1902 mole
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Episoriculus castellarini, Sorex araneus, Petenyia suavensis, Crocidura russula
Episoriculus castellarini red-toothed shrew
Sorex araneus Linnaeus 1758 common shrew
Sorex araneus tetragonurus
Petenyia suavensis red-toothed shrew
Crocidura russula Herrmann 1780 Greater white-toothed shrew
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Glis glis
Glis glis Linnaeus 1766 edible doormouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Pliomys episcopalis, Arvicola cantiana, Microtus sandayensis, Microtus subnivalis, Microtus sp., Microtus cf. fatioi, Microtus aff. savii, Microtus cf. subterraneus, Microtus sp., Microtus agrestis, Microtus arvalis, "Clethrionomys ex gr. nageri" = Myodes, Mimomys savini, Cricetus cricetus
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Microtus agrestis Linnaeus 1761 field vole
Microtus arvalis Pallas 1779 common vole
"Clethrionomys ex gr. nageri" = Myodes vole
Cricetus cricetus Linnaeus 1758 European hamster
Cricetus cricetus praeglacialis
 Rodentia - Muridae
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus cf. mediterraneus, Lepus sp., Lepus europaeus
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
Lepus europaeus Pallas 1778 European hare
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Coluber sp.
Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758 racer
Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo sp.
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana temporaria
Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758 common frog
Microtus cabrerae
  -
Microtus cabrerae
Microtus cabrerae Thomas 1901