Spoleto, Southern Tuscany (Pliocene of Italy)
Where: Umbria, Italy (42.7° N, 12.7° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 12.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 16 (3.2 - 2.6 Ma)
• Early Villanyian, MN 16a, Middle Pliocene, Triversa faunal unit.
Environment/lithology: lacustrine
• 'Tale deposito appartiene ad un piccolo lago del Pliocene superiore, che ha preceduto il grande Lago Tiberino del Pleistocene inferiore.'
• 'un deposito di argille lacustri lignitifere dei dintorni di Spoleto.' Clay and lignite.
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: First published by Pantanelli (1886) and Clerici (1894).
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 49407: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 15.04.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Mammut" borsoni Hays 1834 mastodon | |
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Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere | |
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Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758 beaver | |
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Tapirus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 tapir | |