Monte La Mesa, near Rivoli Veronese, Verona, northeastern Italy: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Glis sackdillingensis Heller 1930
40 specimens
upper teeth: 2 P4, 12 M1, 4 M2, 1 M3. Lower teeth: 3 D4, 2 P4, 9 M1, 6 M2, 1 M3.
Muscardinus cf. dacicus Kormos 1930
1 specimen
1 upper M1.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
1 crown of lower D4 or P4.
Sciurus warthae
18 specimens
Upper teeth: 3 I1, 1 D4, 1 P4, 1 M1-2. Lower teeth: 2 I1, 4 P4, 3 M1, 1 M2, 1 M3.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus atavus
580 specimens
upper teeth: 159 M1, 76 M2, 4 M3. Lower teeth: 224 M1, 93 M2, 24 M3.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Pliomys episcopalis
390 specimens
upper teeth: 52 M1, 51 M2, 51 M3, 1 M1and2. Lower teeth: 107 M1, 60 M2, 65 M3, 2 M1 and 2, 1 M1, 2 and 3.
Dinaromys dalmatinus
37 specimens
Upper teeth: 11 M1, 7 M2, 4 M3. Lower teeth: 9 M1, 4 M2, 2 M3.
Mimomys tornensis
27 specimens
15 lower M1, 1 lower M1 and 2, 11 lower M3.
Mimomys pusillus
29 specimens
16 lower M1, 13 upper M3.
Mimomys cf. ostramosensis
2 specimens
1 upper M2, 1 upper M3.
Clethrionomys sp. Tilesius 1850
3 specimens
synonym of Myodes
3 lower M1.
Microtus (Allophaiomys) ex gr. pliocaenicus (Kormos 1932)
292 specimens
original and current combination Allophaiomys pliocaenicus
Lower teeth: 84 M1, 54 M2, 28 M3. Upper teeth: 45 M1, 38 M2, 42 M3, 1 lower M1 and 2.
Allocricetus bursae
9 specimens
Upper teeth: 2 M1, 2 M3. Lower teeth: 1 M1, 2 M2, 2 M3.
Allocricetus ehiki
2 specimens
1 upper M1, 1 lower M2.
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus beremendensis
89 specimens
14 upper incisors, 12 lower incisors, 42 upper jugals, 19 lower jugals, 1 right radius (proximal frag), 1 second phalanx.
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758
4 specimens
All lower teeth - 1 canine, 2 M2, 1 M3.
Mammalia - Soricidae
Soricidae informal indet. 1 Fischer 1814
1 specimen
1 lower M1. Small sized.
Soricidae informal indet. 2 Fischer 1814
5 specimens
3 lower incisors, 1 lower M1 or 2, 1 condyle. Large sized.
Beremendia fissidens (Petényi 1864)
81 specimens
13 upper I1, 11 other upper teeth, 1 maxilla with M1 and M2, 28 lower I1, 8 lower molars, 1 mandible with M1& 2, 3 mandibles with M2, 1 with M2 and 3, 4 edentulous mandibles, 8 ascending rami, 3 mandibular condyles.
Asoriculus gibberodon
256 specimens
51 upper incisors, 21 other upper teeth, 2 maxillae, 100 lower I1, 1 lower M1, 41 mandibles with teeth, 32 edentulous mandibles, 5 mandibular condyles.
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934
47 specimens
5 upper incisors, 2 upper M1, 2 maxillae, 12 lower I1, 2 lower M2, 2 mandibles with P4, M1, M2, 2 with M1 and 2, 3 with M1,2,3, 2 with M2, 1 with M2 & 3, 1 with M3, 9 ascending rami, 2 mandibular condyles.
Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766
2 specimens
1 upper I1, 1 upper M1.
Sorex (Drepanosorex) praearaneus Kormos 1934
1 specimen
1 lower incisor.
Sorex bor Reumer 1984
15 specimens
1 upper M2, 1 lower M2, 8 mandibles with teeth, 5 ascending rami.
Sorex praealpinus Heller 1930
14 specimens
9 mandibles with teeth, 4 ascending rami, 1 condyle.
Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832
1 specimen
1 mandible with M2 and M3.
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa minor Freudenberg 1914
75 specimens
3 upper P4, 1 upper M1, 1 maxilla, 2 upper M1. Lower teeth - 1 P4, 3 M1, 5 M2, 3 M3, 2 mandibles with teeth, 5 edentulous mandibles, 1 scapula, 12 humerii, 14 radii, 9 ulnae, 4 femora, 7 tibiae-fibulae.
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
osteoderms
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Verona
Coordinates: 45.6° North, 10.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.5° North, 10.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:200 meters
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: Early Biharian, early/middle Early Pleistocene, older than Pietrafitta and Pirro Nord, similar age to Zabia Cave, Osztramos 8 and Betfia 10. Date based on presence of Microtus (Allophaiomys) gr. pliocaenicus plus Mimomys tornensis and M. pusillus. Possibly correlates with Waalian A.
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: Diaclase.
Environment:fissure fill
Geology comments: Karst fissure.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Site discovered in 1996. Sediments washed to recover small vertebrates.
Taxonomic list comments:Forest rodents and insectivores predominate, suggesting a wooded environment. A wet and temperate phase following an arid phase during which Microtus (Allophaiomys) spread across the Holarctic. Probably correlates with Waalian A.
Metadata
Database number:51625
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2005-06-09 06:17:17 Last modified:2005-06-10 06:06:05
Access level:the public Released:2005-06-09 06:17:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13737.5%,PACED 54260M. Marchetti, K. Parolin, and B. Sala. 2000. The Biharian fauna from Monte La Mesa (Verona, northeastern Italy). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 43(1):79-105 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/J. Alroy]