Where: Tuscany, Italy (43.7° N, 10.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 10.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)
• Dated to between the Costa san Giacomo and Olivola faunal units (roughly 2.1-1.8Ma), earliest Biharian. In the informal Massarella geological unit, a continental deposit, with a marine and transitional deposit above the Casa Sgherri fauna.
Environment/lithology: "channel"
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: Clay units interbedded with the sandy levels contain some fresh water molluscs and rarely land snails (not described here).
Primary reference: F. Marcolini, F. P. Bonadonna, T. Kotsakis, P. Mazza, and G. Zanchetta. 2000. Preliminary data on the micro- and macromammal remains from Casa Sgherri, Lower Valdarno (Tuscany, Italy). Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 39(2):243-252 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 51812: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 21.06.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Glis sp." = Myoxus (Glis)
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Apodemus dominans Eurasian field mouse 17 molars including upper: 2 M1, 3 M2, and lower: 5 M1, 3 M2.
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"Macaca sylvana" = Macaca sylvanus
"Macaca sylvana" = Macaca sylvanus Linnaeus 1758 Barbary macaque Macaca sylvana florentina, a right lower P4, a left lower M3.
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"Pseudodama sp." = Metacervocerus, Capreolus sp.
"Pseudodama sp." = Metacervocerus Dietrich 1935 deer 2 deciduous teeth, upper teeth: 2 M1, 1 M2, 2 M3, some premolar and molar fragments, plus lower teeth: 2 incisors, 4 premolars (including 2 P3 and 1 P4), 1 M1, 2 M2, 2 M3.
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