Slivia, Trieste, Northern Italy (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Trieste, Italy (45.8° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 13.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Early Middle Pleistocene, Earliest Galerian.

Environment/lithology: karst

• bone bed in a karst hole.
• bone breccia.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Materail held at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste, the Departimento di Scienze Geologiche e Paleontologiche dell'Universita di Ferrara and the Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra di Firenze.

Primary reference: P. Ambrosetti, G. Bartolomei, C. De Guili, G. Ficcarelli, and D. Torre. 1979. La breccia ossifera di Slivia (Auristina-Sistiana) nel Carso di Trieste. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 18(2):207-220 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40808: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 01.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas sp.1, "Elephas cf. antiquus" = Palaeoloxodon antiquus1
Elephas sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 elephant
"Elephas cf. antiquus" = Palaeoloxodon antiquus1 Falconer and Cautley 1847 elephant
 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum Schreber 1774 greater horseshoe bat
numerous mandibles and palates. Abundant.
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Vespertilionidae indet. Gray 1821 vesper bat
1 incomplete mandible. Very rare.
Miniopterus schreibersii bend-winged bat
abundant mandible fragments. Abundant.
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Pachycrocuta brevirostris Gervais 1850 brown hyaena
Lower teeth: 3 M1, 1 P3, 3 P2, 1 canine. Upper teeth: 1 P4, 1 P3 fragment. 1 calcaneum, 1 metacarpal, 1 metatarsal.
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera cf. gombaszoegensis2 Kretzoi 1938 cat
1 lower canine.
Homotherium crenatidens Fabrini 1890 cat
1 lower canine. Homotherium crenatidens (= moravicum?)
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Meles cf. meles1 Linnaeus 1758 European badger
1 mandible with P2-M1.
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus deningeri Reichenau 1904 bear
upper teeth: 2 M1 fragments, 3 canines, 1 I3. Lower teeth: 3 M3, 1 M2, 1 M1, 3 canines (1 fragmentary), 1 I3. MNI = 2.
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus1 Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
Canis cf. lupus mosbachensis. 1 upper P4.
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
1 upper incisor, 14 upper molars, 5 upper premolars, 6 incisors, 4 lower premoalrs, 7 lower molars, 9 distal metapodia, 1 metatarsal diaphysis fragment.
Equus altidens horse
teeth and 1 metapodial.
Equus caballus1 Linnaeus 1758 horse
teeth and 1 metapodial fragment.
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus sp.1 Kretzoi 1942 rhinoceros
1 mandible, 1 maxilla.
Stephanorhinus cf. hundsheimensis1 Toula 1902 rhinoceros
Stephanorhinus hemitoechus1 Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus scrofa1 Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
1 tooth fragment.
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 deer
Dama sp. Frisch 1775 fallow deer
numerous isolated teeth.
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison cf. schoetensacki1 bison
2 upper molars, 2 lower molars.
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver
1 lower P4 fragment.
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mimomys savini vole
3 lower M1. MNI = 3.
Microtus hintoni1 vole
5 lower M1. MNI = 5.
Dinaromys sp.1 Kretzoi 1955 vole
lower teeth: 1 mandible with M1-M3, 2 M1 fragments, 1 M2, 1 M3. Upper teeth: 3 M1, 1 M2, 2 M3. MNI = 3.
Allocricetus bursae mouse
1 mandible fragment, 1 lower M2, 2 palate fragments. MNI = 3-4.
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus europaeus Pallas 1778 European hare
1 lower P3, 1 lower incisor, 1 metatarsal fragment.