Cascina Arondelli, Triversa valley, southern Piedmont: MN 16, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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cf. Viverridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustelidae indet.
Fischer 1817
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Enhydrictis sp.
Forsyth Major 1902
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cf. Baranogale helbingi
Kormos 1934
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ailuridae
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Parailurus cf. hungaricus
Kormos 1935
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Blarinoides mariae
Sulimski 1959
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Sorex sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Sorex sp. n. sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Kotsakis et al. 2003 | |||||||||
Sorex ? n. sp. | ||||||||||
"Sorex" hibbardi
Sulimski 1962
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= Deinsdorfia hibbardi
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Kotsakis et al. 2003 | |||||||||
Petenyia hungarica
Kormos 1934
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cf. Episoriculus gibberodon
Petenyi 1864
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= cf. Asoriculus gibberodon
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Kotsakis et al. 2003 | |||||||||
Beremendia fissidens
(Petényi 1864)
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpa minor
Freudenberg 1914
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T. minor vel T. fossilis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciuridae informal sp. 1
Gray 1821
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Kotsakis et al. 2003 | |||||||||
Sciuridae (Sciuroptera) sp. 1 | ||||||||||
Sciuridae informal sp. 2
Gray 1821
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Kotsakis et al. 2003 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Apodemus alsomyoides
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= ? Apodemus dominans | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Mimomys polonicus
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= Mimomys (Cseria) stehlini
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Kotsakis et al. 2003 | |||||||||
Mimomys gracilis
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= Mimomys hassiacus
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Kotsakis et al. 2003 | |||||||||
Germanomys sp.
Heller 1936
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Kotsakis et al. 2003 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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? Hystrix sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Kotsakis et al. 2003 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Muscardinus sp.
Kaup 1829
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= Muscardinus cf. pliocaenicus
Kowalski 1963
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Kotsakis et al. 2003 | |||||||||
Glirulus pusillus
(Heller 1936)
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original and current combination Amphidyromys pusillus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Prolagus savagei
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus sp.
Dice 1917
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= Hypolagus cf. brachygnathus
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Kotsakis et al. 2003 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Salamandra sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Azzaroli 1977 | |||||||||
Triturus sp.
Rafinesque 1815
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Azzaroli 1977 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Pelobates sp.
Wagler 1830
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Azzaroli 1977 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo cf. bufo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Azzaroli 1977 | |||||||||
original and current combination Rana bufo | ||||||||||
Bufo cf. viridis
Laurenti 1768
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Azzaroli 1977 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana cf. esculenta
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Azzaroli 1977 | |||||||||
Rana cf. latastei
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Azzaroli 1977 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Hylidae
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Hyla cf. arborea
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Azzaroli 1977 | |||||||||
original and current combination Rana arborea | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Discoglossidae
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Discoglossus cf. giganteus
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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:
13183 | PACED | 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] |
13182 | PACED | 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] |