Viatelle, Brecce di Soave, Verona, Northern Italy: Middle Pleistocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Glis glis (Linnaeus 1766)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Mus sylvaticus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Dolomys episcopalis
    = Pliomys episcopalis
Bon et al. 1991
Cricetus sp. Leske 1779
Cricetus cricetus (Linnaeus 1758)
Cricetus cricetus praeglacialis
Arvicola praeceptor
Arvicola sp. Lacépède 1799
Microtus cf. dentatus
Microtus subnivalis
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
Pitymys cf. fatioi
    = Microtus cf. fatioi
Bon et al. 1991
Pitymys aff. savii
    = Microtus aff. savii
Bon et al. 1991
Pitymys sp. McMurtrie 1831
    = Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
Bon et al. 1991
Microtus agrestis (Linnaeus 1761)
Microtus arvalis (Pallas 1779)
Mimomys reidi
Mimomys savini
Mimomys sp. Forsyth-Major 1902
Evotomys ex gr. nageri
    = Clethrionomys ex gr. nageri
Bon et al. 1991
synonym of Myodes
Allophaiomys ruffoi
Allocricetus bursae
Allocricetus sp. Schaub 1930
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus cf. mediterraneus
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Soricidae
Beremendia fissidens (Petényi 1864)
Petenyia suavensis
Sorex pachyodon
Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832
Crocidura russula (Herrmann 1780)
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758
Talpa romana Thomas 1902
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758
Talpa cf. caeca Savi 1822
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cervidae
Megaceros euryceros
    = Megaloceros euryceros
Bon et al. 1991
Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus 1758)
Capreolus capreolus pygargus
Cervus elephas
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cervus cornaliai D'Erasmo 1933
Dama somonensis (Cuvier 1800)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
Panthera leo spelaea
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutra lutra (Linnaeus 1758)
Mustela nivalis Linnaeus 1766
Mustela putorius Linnaeus 1758
Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Canis lupus aff. mosbachensis
Vulpes alopecoides Forsyth Major 1877
Reptilia - Serpentes
Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Colubridae
Coluber viridiflavus Lacépède 1789
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacerta viridis (Laurenti 1768)
Reptilia - Anguidae
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820
    = ? Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Bon et al. 1991
probably Ophisaurus sp.
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Verona
Coordinates: 45.4° North, 11.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.4° North, 11.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.78100 - 0.12600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Earlt Middle Pleistocene, Galerian.
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:43653
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-08-19 02:32:29 Last modified:2004-08-19 05:32:29
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-19 02:32:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11465.PACED M. Bon, G. Piccoli, and B. Sala. 1991. I giacimenti Quaternari di vertebrati fossili nell'Italia Nord-Orientale. Memorie degli Instituti di Geologia e Mineralogia dell'Universita di Padova 47:185-231 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]