Pirro Nord, P. N. 1: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Myotis sp.
Kaup 1829
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| 1 mandible fragment with M2-M3, 1 with M2. | ||||||||||
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Myotis cf. blithy
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| 6 mandible fragments, 1 lower M3. | ||||||||||
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= Myotis cf. blythi
Tomes 1857
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De Guili et al. 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Rhinolophidae
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Rhinolophus ex gr. euryale
Blasius 1853
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| 1 mandible fragment with P4-M1, 2 with M2-M3, 1 without teeth, 1 maxilla fragment with M1. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpa minor
Freudenberg 1914
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| 4 humeri. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Episoriculus cf. gibberodon
Petenyi 1864
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| 1 mandible with tooth row, 1 anterior fragment of lower jaw, 1 maxilla with anterior unicuspid-M2, 1 with P4-M2. No pigmentation. | ||||||||||
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Crocidura cf. suaveolens
(Pallas 1811)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| 2 mandible fragments with M1-M2. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| 2 mandible fragments, 1 proximal tibia, 1 distal humerus and 1 acetabulum. | ||||||||||
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= aff. Lepus cf. etruscus
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De Guili et al. 1990 | |||||||||
| small sized leporid. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Allophaiomys pliocaenicus
Kormos 1932
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75 specimens | |||||||||
| lower teeth: 22 M1, 15 M2, 9 M3. Upper teeth: 14 M1, 11 M2, 4 M3. | ||||||||||
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Pitymys arvaloides
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Microtus | ||||||||||
| 1 left lower M1. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Apodemus flavicollis
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30 specimens | |||||||||
| 30+ specimens, 13 mandibles with M1, 5 lower M1, 7 maxillae with M1, 1 upper M1 and several mandibles and maxillae without teeth. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Foggia |
| Coordinates: | 41.8° North, 15.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.7° North, 15.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: fissure fillings. Late Early Pleistocene, younger than the Tasso FU, but not Middle Pleistocene, probably Farneta FU - ?Jaramillo? |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: Karst infilling, with frequent occurrence of quartz grains - probably derived from the Apennines - indicating a palaeogeography similar to that of today. | |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Material collected in 1983. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Cava Pirro, Pirro Nord 1 | ||
| Database number: | 40995 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-07-05 08:29:41 | Last modified: | 2004-09-01 06:47:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-05 08:29:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11570. | PACED | C. De Guili and D. Torre. 1984. A microfauna with Allophaiomys pliocaenicus from Gargano (Southern Italy). Palaeontolographia Italica 73:116-128 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
| 11051 | PACED | C. De Guili, F. Masini, and D. Torre. 1990. The Latest Villfranchian faunas in Italy - the Pirro Nord local fauna (Apricena, Gargano). Quatarpalaontologie 8:29-34 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |