Cava di Breccia di Casal Selce, layer G: Middle Pleistocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Anatidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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| Spatula clypeata/Mareca penelope | ||||||||||
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Tadorna tadorna
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Pavia et al. 2018 | |||||||||
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Histrionicus histrionicus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Anas platyrhynchos
Linnaeus 1758
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Pavia et al. 2018 | |||||||||
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Mergus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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cf. Somateria sp.
Leach 1819
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Aythya fuligula
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Pavia et al. 2018 | |||||||||
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Aythya nyroca
(Güldenstädt 1770)
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Pavia et al. 2018 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Corvus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| Corvus frugilegus/corone | ||||||||||
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Pica pica
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Turdidae
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Turdus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Pavia et al. 2018 | |||||||||
| Turdus philomelos/iliacus and Turdus sp. | ||||||||||
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Turdus pilaris
Linnaeus 1758
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Pavia et al. 2018 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Sylviidae
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cf. Sylviidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Alaudidae
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Alaudidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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Reptilia
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
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Columba palumbus
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Rallus aquaticus
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Ardeidae
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Egretta garzetta
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Threskiornithidae
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Plegadis falcinellus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Pavia et al. 2018 | |||||||||
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Platalea leucorodia
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Accipiter nisus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Buteo buteo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Haliaeetus albicilla
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Haematopodidae
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Haematopus ostralegus
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Scolopax rusticola
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Coturnix coturnix
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Perdix sp.
Brisson 1760
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Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 41.9° North, 12.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.9° North, 12.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.774 - 0.129 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: The fossil remains here described were found in the layer G of the Casal Selce succession, following the stratigraphic schemes proposed by Conato et al. (1980) and Sardella & Petrucci (2012). This level, together with the layer F, have been considered as "Salmon sand" by Marra et al. (2014). The "Salmon sand" deposit of this site provided a rich vertebrate fossil association referred to the Isernia Faunal Unit (Middle Galerian) and has been attributed, on the basis of the correlation with other dated similar deposits in the Ponte Galeria area, to a time span between 615 ± 3 ka and 565 ± 2 ka (MIS 15, a warm isotopic stage). |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: lacustrine and marshy deposits | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, University of Sapienza, Roma | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 197786 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-11-26 21:19:26 | Last modified: | 2018-11-26 21:25:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-11-26 21:19:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 67437. | M. Pavia and C. Bedetti. 2013. The presence of Harlequin duck Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus 1758) in the Middle Pleistocene of Italy. Journal of Ornithology 154:875-878 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 67436 | M. Pavia, C. Bedetti, and L. Carrera. 2018. A new Middle Pleistocene bird assemblage from Cava di Breccia di Casal Selce (Ponte Galeria, Rome, Italy). Avocetta 42:31-38 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |