Casino Lignite mine, Upper lacustrine level, near Siena, Tuscany (Pliocene of Italy)
Where: Tuscany, Italy (43.3° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 11.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Ruscinian (5.3 - 3.2 Ma)
• Early Pliocene, MN14?
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lignite
• upper lacustrine level of the Casino lignite mine near Siena.
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: fragmentary, yet rich, fauna.
Primary reference: T. Kotsakis. 1986. Elementi di paleobiogeographia dei mammiferi Terziari dell Italia. Hystrix 1:25-68 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49333: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 13.04.2005, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
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Sus minor pig | |
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"Cervus" elsanus deer | |
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Bovidae "indet. 2" Gray 1821 antelope
? Parabos cordieri de Christol 1832 antelope | |
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Hexaprotodon ""pantanellii"" Falconer and Cautley 1836 pygmy hippo | |
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Tapirus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 tapir | |
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Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
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? Mesopithecus cf. monspessulanus Gervais 1859 monkey | |
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"Prolagus" elsanus pika | |