Cascina Arondelli, Triversa valley, southern Piedmont: MN 16, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
cf. Viverridae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
Enhydrictis sp. Forsyth Major 1902
cf. Baranogale helbingi Kormos 1934
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ailuridae
Parailurus cf. hungaricus Kormos 1935
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Soricidae
Blarinoides mariae Sulimski 1959
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Sorex sp. n. sp. Linnaeus 1758
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Sorex ? n. sp.
"Sorex" hibbardi Sulimski 1962
    = Deinsdorfia hibbardi
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934
cf. Episoriculus gibberodon Petenyi 1864
    = cf. Asoriculus gibberodon
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Beremendia fissidens (Petényi 1864)
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914
T. minor vel T. fossilis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae informal sp. 1 Gray 1821
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Sciuridae (Sciuroptera) sp. 1
Sciuridae informal sp. 2 Gray 1821
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus alsomyoides
= ? Apodemus dominans
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mimomys polonicus
    = Mimomys (Cseria) stehlini
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Mimomys gracilis
    = Mimomys hassiacus
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Germanomys sp. Heller 1936
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
? Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Muscardinus sp. Kaup 1829
    = Muscardinus cf. pliocaenicus Kowalski 1963
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Glirulus pusillus (Heller 1936)
original and current combination Amphidyromys pusillus
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus savagei
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917
    = Hypolagus cf. brachygnathus
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Salamandra sp. Laurenti 1768
Azzaroli 1977
Triturus sp. Rafinesque 1815
Azzaroli 1977
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
Pelobates sp. Wagler 1830
Azzaroli 1977
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo cf. bufo (Linnaeus 1758)
Azzaroli 1977
original and current combination Rana bufo
Bufo cf. viridis Laurenti 1768
Azzaroli 1977
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana cf. esculenta
Azzaroli 1977
Rana cf. latastei
Azzaroli 1977
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae
Hyla cf. arborea (Linnaeus 1758)
Azzaroli 1977
original and current combination Rana arborea
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae
Discoglossus cf. giganteus
Azzaroli 1977
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Piedmont
Coordinates: 44.9° North, 8.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.8° North, 8.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:MN 16
Age range of interval:3.20000 - 2.58800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Triversa Local bed:C
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: Villanyian, Late Pliocene. Unit C lies some 3m above unit B (the macromammal level).
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: 'a brownish bed'
Environment:lagoonal
Geology comments: Some disagreement over the environment, either the filling of a river channel or a littoral lagoon (Azzaroli (1977) prefers a lagoon).
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: rather rich in small mammals amphibians and fishes, only mammals are given in Kotsakis 1986.
Metadata
Also known as:Arondelli
Database number:49360
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2005-04-14 08:02:39 Last modified:2005-04-14 11:23:24
Access level:the public Released:2005-04-14 08:02:39
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:

13183PACED A. Azzaroli. 1977. The Villafranchian stage in Italy and the Plio-Pleistocene boundary. Giornale di Geologia, Bologna 41(2):61-79 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]
13182PACED T. Kotsakis, L. Abbazzi, C. Angelone, P. Argenti, G. Barisone, F. Fanfari, F. Marcolini and F. Masini. 2003. Plio-Pleistocene biogeography of Italian mainland micromammals. Deinsea 10:313-342 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]