PBDB Collection

Cengelle 1, Brecce di Soave, Verona, Northern Italy (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Verona, Italy (45.4° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.4° N, 11.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Early Middle Pleistocene, Galerian.

Environment/lithology:

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Bon, G. Piccoli, and B. Sala. 1991. I giacimenti Quaternari di vertebrati fossili nell'Italia Nord-Orientale. Memorie degli Instituti di Geologia e Mineralogia dell'Universita di Padova 47:185-231 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 43645: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 18.08.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
Salientia - Ranidae	Rana temporaria Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758 common frog
Salientia - Bufonidae	Bufo sp. Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad
Reptilia
Squamata - Colubridae	Coluber sp. Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758 racer
Mammalia
Carnivora - Ursidae	Ursus arctos Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758 brown bear Ursus arctos mediterraneus
Carnivora - Mustelidae	? Cyrnaonyx sp., Mustela putorius, Meles meles ? Cyrnaonyx sp. Helbing 1935 otter Lutrinae gen. sp. indet (Cyrnaonyx ?sp) Mustela putorius Linnaeus 1758 European polecat Meles meles Linnaeus 1758 European badger
Carnivora - Canidae	Canis sp. Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
Perissodactyla - Equidae	"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis "Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse Equus stenonis major
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Sus scrofa Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Megaloceros euryceros, Cervus elephas, Cervus cornaliai, Dama somonensis, Capreolus capreolus Megaloceros euryceros Irish elk Cervus elephas deer Cervus cornaliai D'Erasmo 1933 deer Dama somonensis Cuvier 1800 fallow deer Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer Capreolus capreolus pygargus
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovidae indet., Capra sp., Bos sp. Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope Bovidarum gen. sp. indet. Capra sp. Linnaeus 1758 goat Bos sp. Linnaeus 1758 ox
Theriamorpha - Talpidae	Talpa romana, Talpa cf. caeca, Talpa europaea Talpa romana Thomas 1902 mole Talpa cf. caeca Savi 1822 blind mole Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758 European mole
Theriamorpha - Soricidae	Crocidura russula, Episoriculus castellarini, Petenyia suavensis, Sorex araneus Crocidura russula Herrmann 1780 Greater white-toothed shrew Episoriculus castellarini red-toothed shrew Petenyia suavensis red-toothed shrew Sorex araneus Linnaeus 1758 common shrew Sorex araneus tetragonurus
Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae	Erinaceus europaeus Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Lepus cf. mediterraneus, Lepus sp., Lepus europaeus Lepus cf. mediterraneus hare Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare Lepus europaeus Pallas 1778 European hare
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Cricetus cricetus, Mimomys savini, "Clethrionomys ex gr. nageri" = Myodes, Microtus sandayensis, Microtus subnivalis, Microtus sp., Microtus cf. fatioi, Microtus aff. savii, Microtus cf. subterraneus, Microtus sp., Microtus arvalis, Microtus agrestis, Arvicola cantiana, Pliomys episcopalis Cricetus cricetus Linnaeus 1758 European hamster Cricetus cricetus praeglacialis Mimomys savini vole "Clethrionomys ex gr. nageri" = Myodes vole Microtus sandayensis vole Microtus subnivalis vole Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole Microtus cf. fatioi vole Microtus aff. savii vole Microtus cf. subterraneus vole Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole Microtus arvalis Pallas 1779 common vole Microtus agrestis Linnaeus 1761 field vole Arvicola cantiana vole Pliomys episcopalis mouse
Rodentia - Muridae	"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus "Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse
Rodentia - Gliridae	Glis glis Glis glis Linnaeus 1766 edible doormouse
Microtus cabrerae
-	Microtus cabrerae Microtus cabrerae Thomas 1901