Pirro Nord, P. N. 24 bis: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Apodemus flavicollis
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Allophaiomys pliocaenicus
Kormos 1932
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Soricidae indet.
Fischer 1814
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Petenyia hungarica
Kormos 1934
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Episoriculus gibberodon
Petenyi 1864
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpa minor
Freudenberg 1914
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Rhinolophidae
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Rhinolophus ex gr. euryale
Blasius 1853
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Myotis cf. blythi
Tomes 1857
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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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: | 2.58800 - 0.78100 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: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Collection method comments: Material collected in 1984. |
Metadata
Also known as: | Cava Pirro | ||
Database number: | 41001 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2004-07-05 08:51:33 | Last modified: | 2004-07-05 12:53:37 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-05 08:51:33 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |