PBDB Collection

Pirro Nord, P. N. 1 (Pleistocene of Italy)

Also known as Cava Pirro, Pirro Nord 1

Where: Foggia, Italy (41.8° N, 15.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 15.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• fissure fillings. Late Early Pleistocene, younger than the Tasso FU, but not Middle Pleistocene, probably Farneta FU - ?Jaramillo?

Environment/lithology: fissure fill

• Karst infilling, with frequent occurrence of quartz grains - probably derived from the Apennines - indicating a palaeogeography similar to that of today.

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: Material collected in 1983.

Primary reference: C. De Guili and D. Torre. 1984. A microfauna with Allophaiomys pliocaenicus from Gargano (Southern Italy). Palaeontolographia Italica 73:116-128 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40995: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 05.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Myotis sp., Myotis cf. blythi Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat 1 mandible fragment with M2-M3, 1 with M2. Myotis cf. blythi Tomes 1857 lesser mouse-eared bat 6 mandible fragments, 1 lower M3.
Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophus ex gr. euryale Rhinolophus ex gr. euryale Blasius 1853 horseshoe bat 1 mandible fragment with P4-M1, 2 with M2-M3, 1 without teeth, 1 maxilla fragment with M1.
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	Crocidura cf. suaveolens, Episoriculus cf. gibberodon Crocidura cf. suaveolens Pallas 1811 white-toothed shrew 2 mandible fragments with M1-M2. Episoriculus cf. gibberodon Petenyi 1864 red-toothed shrew 1 mandible with tooth row, 1 anterior fragment of lower jaw, 1 maxilla with anterior unicuspid-M2, 1 with P4-M2. No pigmentation.
Soricomorpha - Talpidae	Talpa minor Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914 mole 4 humeri.
Rodentia - Muridae	Apodemus flavicollis Apodemus flavicollis Eurasian field mouse 30+ specimens, 13 mandibles with M1, 5 lower M1, 7 maxillae with M1, 1 upper M1 and several mandibles and maxillae without teeth.
Rodentia - Cricetidae	"Pitymys arvaloides" = Microtus, Allophaiomys pliocaenicus "Pitymys arvaloides" = Microtus vole 1 left lower M1. Allophaiomys pliocaenicus Kormos 1932 vole lower teeth: 22 M1, 15 M2, 9 M3. Upper teeth: 14 M1, 11 M2, 4 M3.
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	aff. Lepus cf. etruscus aff. Lepus cf. etruscus hare 2 mandible fragments, 1 proximal tibia, 1 distal humerus and 1 acetabulum.