Pirro Nord, P. N. 22 bis (Pleistocene of Italy)

Also known as Cava Pirro

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 classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Material collected in 1984.

Primary reference: C. De Guili, F. Masini, and D. Torre. 1990. The Latest Villfranchian faunas in Italy - the Pirro Nord local fauna (Apricena, Gargano). Quatarpalaontologie 8:29-34 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40999: 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 cf. blythi
Myotis cf. blythi Tomes 1857 lesser mouse-eared bat
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Archidiskodon meridionalis" = Mammuthus meridionalis
"Archidiskodon meridionalis" = Mammuthus meridionalis Nesti 1825 mammoth
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
cf. Bison sp.
cf. Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
Bovini cf. Bison
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Pachycrocuta brevirostris
Pachycrocuta brevirostris Gervais 1850 brown hyaena
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Neomyini indet., Crocidura cf. suaveolens
Neomyini indet. Matschie 1909 red-toothed shrew
Crocidura cf. suaveolens Pallas 1811 white-toothed shrew
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Allophaiomys pliocaenicus
Allophaiomys pliocaenicus Kormos 1932 vole