Where: Tuscany, Italy (43.6° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 11.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• Upper Villafranchian, Tasso faunal unit, Early Pleistocene.
Environment/lithology:
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: collection held in the Museum of Geology and Palaeontology, University of Florence.
Primary reference: V. Borselli, C. De Guili, G. Ficcarelli and M. Mazzini. 1980. Casa Frata: una localita fossilifera del Villafranchiano Superiore presso Terranuova Bracciolini (Arezzo) nel Valdarno Superiore. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 19(2):254-258 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 44146: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 02.09.2004, edited by Mark Uhen and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Eucladoceros sp. Falconer 1868 deer
"Pseudodama sp." = Metacervocerus1 Dietrich 1935 deer numerous antler bases. At least 7 individuals.
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Leptobos vallisarni antelope | |
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Canis etruscus Forsyth Major 1877 canine
? Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox | |
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