Where: Basilicata, Italy (41.0° N, 15.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 15.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene to Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.1 Ma)
• Somewhat heterogenous fauna - some Villafranchian, but others Middle Pleistocene. Mindelian according to the abstract. Later than Vallonnet (Late Early Pleistocene).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology:
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Specimens excavated by the Musee d'Anthropologie prehistorique de Monaco in collaboration with the Institut italien de Paleontologie humaine a Venosa-Loreto.
Primary reference: G. D'Erasmo. 1933. La fauna della grotta di Loretello presso Venosa. Societa Nazionale di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 19(4):1-18 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 50466: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 16.05.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Equus (Asinus) sp." = Equus, "Equus stenonis" = Allohippus stenonis
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"Dicerorhinus etruscus" = Stephanorhinus etruscus
"Dicerorhinus etruscus" = Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros milk teeth, mandible fragment, mandibular symphysis, 1 astragalus, 2 calcanea, 3 complete metatarsals (II, III, IV).
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cf. Eucladoceros sp., "? Cervus cf. philisi" = Metacervocerus philisi
cf. Eucladoceros sp. Falconer 1868 deer large sized deer (cf. Eucladoceros). 15% of total deer specimens. Teeth, no antlers.
"? Cervus cf. philisi" = Metacervocerus philisi Mennecart et al. 2017 deer middle sized deer (C. cf. philisi). Abundant. Complete teeth and several other bones (no antlers).
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cf. Leptobos sp. Rutimeyer 1878 antelope 2 mandible fragments, 3 upper teeth in anatomical connection and partial skeleton, including fragmentary tibia, radius, humerus, 3 cubonaviculaires, 1 astraglus, 1 calcaneum and phalanges.
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