Where: Italy (45.5° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 11.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• The cave provided one radiocarbon date on an Ursus spelaeus rib, coming from the lower portion of Layer 1, which gave a conventional age of 29,001 ± 123 14C BP (33,597 to 32,844 cal. BP). Thus, the deposits in situ of the Buso Doppio del Broion Cave, below the upper reworked sediments, represent a time span including the end of MIS 3 and the onset of the LGM
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Sezione di Scienze Preistoriche e Antropologiche of the Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici of the University of Ferrara
Primary reference: L. Carrera, M. Pavia, M. Peresani and M. Romandini. 2018. Late Pleistocene fossil birds from Buso Doppio del Broion Cave (North-Eastern Italy): implications for palaeoecology, palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 57:145-174 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 197769: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.11.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Galliformes indet. fowl | |
Lyrurus tetrix Linnaeus 1758 black grouse
Coturnix coturnix Linnaeus 1758 common quail
Perdix perdix Linnaeus 1758 grey partridge
Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus 1758 western capercaillie | |
Aves | |
Falco "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1758 falcon
Falco sp. Linnaeus 1758 falcon
Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus 1758 Common kestrel
Falco vespertinus Linnaeus 1766 Red-footed falcon | |
Accipitridae indet. Viellot 1816 hawk
Accipiter gentilis Linnaeus 1758 northern goshawk | |
Charadriiformes indet. Huxley 1867 shorebird | |
Gallinago gallinago Linnaeus 1758 common snipe | |
Laridae indet. Vigors 1825 gull | |
Anatidae "indet. 1", Anatidae "indet. 2", Anatidae indet., Aythya ferina, Aythya fuligula, Anas crecca, cf. Anas crecca, Anas platyrhynchos, Spatula querquedula
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825 waterfowl
Aythya ferina Linnaeus 1758 common pochard
Aythya fuligula Linnaeus 1758 tufted duck
Anas crecca Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian teal
cf. Anas crecca Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian teal
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758 mallard
Spatula querquedula Linnaeus 1758 garganey | |
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Picidae indet. Vigors 1825 woodpecker
Picus viridis Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian green woodpecker | |
Athene noctua Scopoli 1769 little owl
cf. Aegolius funereus Linnaeus 1758 boreal owl
Bubo scandiacus Linnaeus 1758 snowy owl
Surnia ulula Linnaeus 1758 northern hawk owl | |
Rallidae indet. Vigors 1825 rail
Crex crex Linnaeus 1758 corn crake
Gallinula chloropus Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian moorhen | |
Grus grus Linnaeus 1758 Common crane | |
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
Chloris chloris Linnaeus 1758 European greenfinch
Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus 1758 red crossbill | |
Turdus sp. Linnaeus 1758 true thrush
cf. Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus 1758 mistle thrush | |
Eremophila alpestris Linnaeus 1759 horned lark | |
Erithacus rubecula Linnaeus 1758 European robin | |
Tichodroma muraria Linnaeus 1766 wallcreeper | |
Corvidae indet., Pyrrhocorax sp., Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Pyrrhocorax graculus, Nucifraga caryocatactes, Corvus corax, Corvus corone, Corvus monedula
Corvidae indet. Vigors 1825 perching bird
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Linnaeus 1758 red-billed chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus Linnaeus 1766 yellow-billed chough
Nucifraga caryocatactes Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian nutcracker
Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 common raven
Corvus corone Linnaeus 1758 carrion crow
Corvus monedula Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian jackdaw | |
Prunella collaris Scopoli 1769 alpine accentor | |
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Hirundinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 swallow
cf. Hirundo rustica Linnaeus 1758 barn swallow
Riparia riparia Linnaeus 1758 bank swallow
cf. Delichon urbicum Linnaeus 1758 common house-martin |