Casino Lignite mine, Upper lacustrine level, near Siena, Tuscany: Ruscinian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus arvernensis
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hexaprotodon informal "pantanellii"
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus minor
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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"Cervus" elsanus
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae informal indet. 2
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Bovidae informal indet. 1
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= ? Parabos cordieri
de Christol 1832
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Cregut-Bonnoure and Tsoukala 2017 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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? Mesopithecus cf. monspessulanus
(Gervais 1859)
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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"Prolagus" elsanus
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Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Tuscany |
| Coordinates: | 43.3° North, 11.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.2° North, 11.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Ruscinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 3.1 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Regional section: | Casino | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Early Pliocene, MN14? | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lignite |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: upper lacustrine level of the Casino lignite mine near Siena. | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: fragmentary, yet rich, fauna. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 49333 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner, J. Marcot | Enterer: | H. O'Regan, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2005-04-13 07:26:46 | Last modified: | 2005-04-13 10:26:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-13 07:26:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13151. | PACED | T. Kotsakis. 1986. Elementi di paleobiogeographia dei mammiferi Terziari dell Italia. Hystrix 1:25-68 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
| 62999 | E. Cregut-Bonnoure and E. Tsoukala. 2017. The Pliocene Artiodactyla and Proboscidea (Mammalia) from Gephyra (lower Axios valley, Macedonia, Greece). Discovery of a new boselaphine. Quaternary International [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |