Poggiorosso, Matassino, Upper Valdarno (Pliocene to of Italy)

Also known as Poggio Rosso

Where: Tuscany, Italy (43.6° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 11.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• Plio-Pleistocene boundary, possibly the Olivola faunal unit.

Environment/lithology:

• Clay pit.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Over 1,000 specimens. Site found in September 1995. Preliminary faunal report published 1997. This report announces that the material is now available for study. This site is in the same clay pit as the Matassino fauna but some 30m above it stratigraphically.

•Material stored in the Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze (Natural History Museum, Florence).

Primary reference: M. Mazzini, V. Borselli, E. Cioppi and G. Napoleone. 2000. Poggiorosso: un importante arrichimento delle faune villafranchiane a vertebrati del Valdarno Superiore, di eta prossima al limite Plio-Pleistocene. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 39(3):381-388 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 49240: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 12.04.2005, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

• Azzaroli (2000) lists Canis falconeri, it is not clear whether this is meant to replace Canis etruscus or not.
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
"Castor plicidens" = Castor fiber
"Castor plicidens" = Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus stehlini, "Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis
"Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis Cocchi 1867 horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus strozzii Forsyth Major 1881 pig
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
"Pseudodama nestii" = Metacervocerus, Eucladoceros dicranios
"Pseudodama nestii" = Metacervocerus deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Pachycrocuta brevirostris Gervais 1850 brown hyaena
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis etruscus Forsyth Major 1877 canine
Canis arnensis Del Campana 1913 canine
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Archidiskodon meridionalis" = Mammuthus meridionalis
"Archidiskodon meridionalis" = Mammuthus meridionalis Nesti 1825 mammoth
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Alcidae indet. Leach 1820 auk
Alcida
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Falconidae indet. Vigors 1824 raptor
Falconida
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus pliocaenus Portis 1887 crow
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
"Podiceps pisanus" = Podiceps auritus
"Podiceps pisanus" = Podiceps auritus Linnaeus 1758 horned grebe
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
"Phalacrocorax destefanii n. sp." = Paracorax destefanii
"Phalacrocorax destefanii n. sp." = Paracorax destefanii Regalia 1902 cormorant
 Colymbiformes - Colymbidae
Colymbus portisi Regalia 1902 bird