Pirro Nord, P. N. 24 (Pleistocene of Italy)

Also known as Cava Pirro

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

• Paleocoordinates: 41.3° N, 15.7° E (Wright 2013)

• 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 41000: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 05.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus cf. brachygnathus
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Allophaiomys pliocaenicus
Allophaiomys pliocaenicus Kormos 1932 vole
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Muscardinus avellanarius
Muscardinus avellanarius Linnaeus 1758 hazel dormouse
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus flavicollis
Apodemus flavicollis Eurasian field mouse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
cf. Bison sp.
cf. Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
Bovini cf. Bison
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet.
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Talpa minor
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914 mole
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Episoriculus cf. gibberodon, Petenyia hungarica, Crocidura cf. suaveolens
Episoriculus cf. gibberodon Petenyi 1864 red-toothed shrew
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934 red-toothed shrew
Crocidura cf. suaveolens Pallas 1811 white-toothed shrew
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis cf. blythi
Myotis cf. blythi Tomes 1857 lesser mouse-eared bat
 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus ex gr. euryale
Rhinolophus ex gr. euryale Blasius 1853 horseshoe bat