Cesi, Colfiorito Basin (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (42.0° N, 12.7° E: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 12.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• early Middle Pleistocene

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siliciclastic sediments

• lower Pleistocene alluvial and fluvial deposits

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Ficcarelli, L. Abbazzi, A. Albianelli, A. Bertini, M. Coltorti, M. Magnatti, F. Masini, P. Mazza, C. Mezzabotta, G. Napoleone, L. Rook, M. Rustioni, and D. Torre. 1997. Cesi, an early Middle Pleistocene site in the Colfiorito Basin (Umbro-Marchean Apennine), central Italy. Journal of Quaternary Science 12(6):507-518 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38314: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 19.04.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium sp.
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus elaphus, Dama clactoniana, "Megaceroides solilhacus" = Megaloceros (Megaceroides)
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
Dama clactoniana fallow deer
"Megaceroides solilhacus" = Megaloceros (Megaceroides) Irish elk
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison schoetensacki
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp.
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis
Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis Toula 1902 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet.
Proboscidea indet. proboscidean