Cascina Arondelli, Triversa valley, southern Piedmont (Pliocene of Italy)

Also known as Arondelli

Where: Piedmont, Italy (44.9° N, 8.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 44.2° N, 8.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 16 (3.2 - 2.6 Ma)

• Villanyian, Late Pliocene. Unit C lies some 3m above unit B (the macromammal level).

Environment/lithology: lagoonal

• Some disagreement over the environment, either the filling of a river channel or a littoral lagoon (Azzaroli (1977) prefers a lagoon).
• 'a brownish bed'

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: rather rich in small mammals amphibians and fishes, only mammals are given in Kotsakis 1986.

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 49360: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 14.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus savagei
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus cf. brachygnathus2
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Germanomys sp.2, Mimomys (Cseria) stehlini2, Mimomys hassiacus2
Germanomys sp.2 Heller 1936 rodent
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
? Hystrix sp.2
? Hystrix sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor sp.
Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758 beaver
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae "sp. 1"2, Sciuridae "sp. 2"2
Sciuridae "sp. 1"2 Gray 1821 squirrel
Sciuridae (Sciuroptera) sp. 1
Sciuridae "sp. 2"2 Gray 1821 squirrel
 Rodentia - Gliridae
"Glirulus pusillus" = Amphidyromys pusillus, Muscardinus cf. pliocaenicus2
"Glirulus pusillus" = Amphidyromys pusillus Heller 1936 Japanese dormouse
Muscardinus cf. pliocaenicus2 Kowalski 1963 dormouse
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus alsomyoides
Apodemus alsomyoides Eurasian field mouse
= ? Apodemus dominans
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet.
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet., cf. Baranogale helbingi, Enhydrictis sp.
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
cf. Baranogale helbingi Kormos 1934 mustelid carnivore
Enhydrictis sp. Forsyth Major 1902 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Ailuridae
Parailurus cf. hungaricus
Parailurus cf. hungaricus Kormos 1935 red panda
 Carnivora - Viverridae
cf. Viverridae indet.
cf. Viverridae indet. Gray 1821 civet
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Talpa minor
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914 mole
T. minor vel T. fossilis
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Blarinoides mariae, Deinsdorfia hibbardi2, Sorex sp. n. sp.2, Petenyia hungarica, cf. Asoriculus gibberodon2, Beremendia fissidens
Blarinoides mariae Sulimski 1959 red-toothed shrew
Deinsdorfia hibbardi2 red-toothed shrew
Sorex sp. n. sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934 red-toothed shrew
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
 Chiroptera -
Chiroptera indet.
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Salamandra sp.1, Triturus sp.1
Salamandra sp.1 Laurenti 1768 salamander
Triturus sp.1 Rafinesque 1815 newt
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Discoglossus cf. giganteus1
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo cf. viridis1, Bufo cf. bufo1
Bufo cf. viridis1 Laurenti 1768 European green toad
Bufo cf. bufo1 Linnaeus 1758 toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana cf. esculenta1, Rana cf. latastei1
 Salientia - Hylidae
Hyla cf. arborea1
Hyla cf. arborea1 Linnaeus 1758 tree frog
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Pelobates sp.1
Pelobates sp.1 Wagler 1830 spadefoot toad
1Azzaroli 1977; 2Kotsakis et al. 2003