Where: Italy (41.8° N, 15.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 15.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)
• The composition of the Pirro Nord vertebrate fauna put it in the late Early Pleistocene, more precisely it represents the last Faunal Unit of the Villafranchian Mammal age in the Italian biochronological scheme. From a chronological point of view the Pirro Nord Faunal Unit can be attributed to an interval between 1.3 and 1.6 My.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia of the Torino University (PU)
Primary reference: C. Bedetti and M. Pavia. 2013. Early Pleistocene birds from Pirro Nord (Puglia, southern Italy). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 298:31-53 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 197790: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.11.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Palaeocryptonyx donnezani Deperet 1890 pheasant
Perdix aff. palaeoperdix Mourer-Chauviré 1975 partridge
Alectoris sp. Kaup 1829 partridge | |
Pterocles orientalis Linnaeus 1758 black-bellied sandgrouse | |
Athene noctua Scopoli 1769 little owl | |
Columba livia Gmelin 1789 rock pigeon | |
Grus grus Linnaeus 1758 Common crane | |
Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus 1758 European starling | |
Pica pica Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian magpie
Corvus pliocaenus Portis 1887 crow
Garrulus glandarius Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian jay | |
Turdus merula Linnaeus 1758 common blackbird | |
Alauda arvensis Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian skylark
Melanocorypha calandra Linnaeus 1766 calandra lark | |
Tadorna ferruginea Pallas 1764 Ruddy shelduck
Anser albifrons Scopoli 1769 greater white-fronted goose
Branta bernicla Linnaeus 1758 brant
Oxyura leucocephala Scopoli 1769 White-headed duck
Aythya sp. Boie 1822 pochard | |
Otis tarda Linnaeus 1758 great bustard
Tetrax tetrax Linnaeus 1758 little bustard | |
Falco peregrinus Tunstall 1771 Peregrine falcon
Falco subbuteo Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian hobby | |
Larus canus Linnaeus 1758 mew gull | |
"Philomachus pugnax" = Calidris pugnax Linnaeus 1758 ruff
Tringa totanus Linnaeus 1758 common redshank | |
Vanellus vanellus Linnaeus 1758 northern lapwing |