Sossano 2, Monte della Croce, Vicenza, Northern Italy (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Vicenza, Italy (45.3° N, 11.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Late Middle Pleistocene.

Environment/lithology:

• In a cave of Oligocene limestone. The fossils are from a split near the opening at the front of the cave.

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: The material is held in the Departimento di Scienze Geologiche e Paleontologiche dell'Universita di Ferrara.

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 43696: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 23.08.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetus cricetus, "Clethrionomys ex gr. nageri" = Myodes, Arvicola ex gr. praeceptor, Microtus agrestis, Dinaromys ex gr. bogdanovi
Cricetus cricetus Linnaeus 1758 European hamster
"Clethrionomys ex gr. nageri" = Myodes vole
Microtus agrestis Linnaeus 1761 field vole
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Glis glis
Glis glis Linnaeus 1766 edible doormouse
 Rodentia - Muridae
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus, Apodemus sp.
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Talpa europaea
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758 European mole
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Sorex araneus, Sorex alpinus
Sorex araneus Linnaeus 1758 common shrew
Sorex alpinus Schinz 1837 long-tailed shrew
Sorex alpinus cf. hercynicus