Also known as Villa di Quinzano
Where: Verona, Italy (45.5° N, 11.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• Five different caves, with differing ages from Middle-Late Pleistocene, plus some Holocene. Stone tools have also been found here.
Environment/lithology: cave
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Collection methods: Mixed fauna from dating from Middle Pleistocene-Holocene. Material curated in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona.
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 43657: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 19.08.2004
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
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Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant | |
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Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox | |
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Bison priscus Bojanus 1827 bison
Bos sp. Linnaeus 1758 ox
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
Capra sp. Linnaeus 1758 goat
Capra ibex Linnaeus 1758 Alpine ibex
Rupicapra rupicapra Linnaeus 1758 chamois | |
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Alces alces Linnaeus 1758 moose
Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer
Cervus elephas deer
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
Dama dama Linnaeus 1758 fallow deer | |
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Sus palustris pig
Sus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pig | |
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Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
| Aves | |
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Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |