Grotta Tilde, Gabrovizza, Trieste, Northern Italy (Pleistocene to of Italy)

Also known as Grotta dell'Alce, Losova Jama

Where: Trieste, Italy (45.7° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 13.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• Middle-Upper Pleistocene.

Environment/lithology: cave

• A vertical chimney within a branch of the Grotta Tilde.
• bone breccia.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Site found in 1896. Material stored in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste.

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 43702: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 23.08.2004

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Equus ferus cf. przewalskii
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Alces alces Linnaeus 1758 moose
Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
Bison priscus Bojanus 1827 bison
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion
Felis leo spelaea
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller 1794 cave bear
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Meles meles Linnaeus 1758 European badger
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus timidus Linnaeus 1758 mountain hare
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Dinaromys sp., "Clethrionomys glareolus" = Myodes, Microtus arvalis
Dinaromys sp. Kretzoi 1955 vole
"Clethrionomys glareolus" = Myodes vole
Microtus arvalis Pallas 1779 common vole