Rio Secco cave, macro-unit BR2 (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.3° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 13.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Overlying layer dated to 33,480–30,020 y cal BP; underlying unit dated at 47,940–45,840 cal BP

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; siliciclastic sediments

• A massive stone-supported breccia. It includes US4BR and a discontinuous sandy layer at the base, labeled US4sabbie.

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. Romandini and M. Peresani. 2018. Avian fossil assemblages at the onset of the LGM in the eastern Alps: A palaecological contribution from the Rio Secco Cave (Italy). Comptes Rendus Palevol 17:166-177 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197788: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.11.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Carinatae -
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Phasianidae indet. Horsfield 1821 pheasant
Tetrao urogallus/Lyrurus tetrix
Lagopus muta Montin 1781 rock ptarmigan
Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus 1758 western capercaillie
Perdix perdix Linnaeus 1758 grey partridge
Lyrurus tetrix Linnaeus 1758 black grouse
 Passeriformes -
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
 Passeriformes - Paridae
Paridae indet. Vigors 1825 perching bird
 Passeriformes - Fringillidae
Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus 1758 red crossbill
Pyrrhula pyrrhula Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian bullfinch
 Passeriformes - Muscicapidae
Muscicapidae indet. Fleming 1822 flycatcher
Erithacus rubecula Linnaeus 1758 European robin
 Passeriformes - Turdidae
Turdus sp. Linnaeus 1758 true thrush
 Passeriformes - Emberizidae
Emberizidae indet. Vigors 1831 old world bunting
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvidae indet. Vigors 1825 perching bird
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Fulica atra Linnaeus 1758 common coot