Grotta del Cere, Verona, Northern Italy (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Verona, Italy (45.6° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 11.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• The date of the site has caused some controversy as there is a mixture of material, some specimens date to the Penulitimate Interglacial (OIS 5, Ipswichian in UK sequence), some may be a little older.

Environment/lithology: cave

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Material curated in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona

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 43656: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 19.08.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
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Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Glis glis Linnaeus 1766 edible doormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Marmota marmota Linnaeus 1758 Alpine marmot
 Rodentia - Muridae
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Arvicola sp. Lacépède 1799 vole
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Microtus agrestis Linnaeus 1761 field vole
Microtus arvalis Pallas 1779 common vole
"Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes Pallas 1811 vole
Allophaiomys sp. Kormos 1932 vole
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758 mole
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pig
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Capra sp. Linnaeus 1758 goat
Capra ibex Linnaeus 1758 Alpine ibex
Bos sp. Linnaeus 1758 ox
Rupicapra rupicapra Linnaeus 1758 chamois
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera sp. Oken 1816 cat
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion
Panthera leo spelaea
Panthera cf. pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Gulo gulo Linnaeus 1758 wolverine
Martes sp. Frisch 1775 marten
Martes martes Linnaeus 1758 European pine marten
Mustela putorius Linnaeus 1758 European polecat
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear
Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller 1794 cave bear
Ursus spelaeus and Ursus spelaeus minor
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758 brown bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
Vulpes vulpes and Vulpes vulpes crucigera
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
Aves
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Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird