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
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Glis sackdillingensis
Heller 1930
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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
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1 specimen | |||||||||
1 upper M1. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciuridae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
1 crown of lower D4 or P4. | ||||||||||
Sciurus warthae
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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
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Apodemus atavus
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580 specimens | |||||||||
upper teeth: 159 M1, 76 M2, 4 M3. Lower teeth: 224 M1, 93 M2, 24 M3. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Pliomys episcopalis
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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
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37 specimens | |||||||||
Upper teeth: 11 M1, 7 M2, 4 M3. Lower teeth: 9 M1, 4 M2, 2 M3. | ||||||||||
Mimomys tornensis
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27 specimens | |||||||||
15 lower M1, 1 lower M1 and 2, 11 lower M3. | ||||||||||
Mimomys pusillus
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29 specimens | |||||||||
16 lower M1, 13 upper M3. | ||||||||||
Mimomys cf. ostramosensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
1 upper M2, 1 upper M3. | ||||||||||
Clethrionomys sp.
Tilesius 1850
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3 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Myodes | ||||||||||
3 lower M1. | ||||||||||
Microtus (Allophaiomys) ex gr. pliocaenicus
(Kormos 1932)
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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
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Upper teeth: 2 M1, 2 M3. Lower teeth: 1 M1, 2 M2, 2 M3. | ||||||||||
Allocricetus ehiki
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2 specimens | |||||||||
1 upper M1, 1 lower M2. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus beremendensis
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89 specimens | |||||||||
14 upper incisors, 12 lower incisors, 42 upper jugals, 19 lower jugals, 1 right radius (proximal frag), 1 second phalanx. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Erinaceus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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4 specimens | |||||||||
All lower teeth - 1 canine, 2 M2, 1 M3. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Soricidae informal indet. 1
Fischer 1814
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1 specimen | |||||||||
1 lower M1. Small sized. | ||||||||||
Soricidae informal indet. 2
Fischer 1814
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5 specimens | |||||||||
3 lower incisors, 1 lower M1 or 2, 1 condyle. Large sized. | ||||||||||
Beremendia fissidens
(Petényi 1864)
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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
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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
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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
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2 specimens | |||||||||
1 upper I1, 1 upper M1. | ||||||||||
Sorex (Drepanosorex) praearaneus
Kormos 1934
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1 specimen | |||||||||
1 lower incisor. | ||||||||||
Sorex bor
Reumer 1984
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15 specimens | |||||||||
1 upper M2, 1 lower M2, 8 mandibles with teeth, 5 ascending rami. | ||||||||||
Sorex praealpinus
Heller 1930
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14 specimens | |||||||||
9 mandibles with teeth, 4 ascending rami, 1 condyle. | ||||||||||
Crocidura sp.
Wagler 1832
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1 specimen | |||||||||
1 mandible with M2 and M3. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpa minor
Freudenberg 1914
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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
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Ophisaurus sp.
Daudin 1803
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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 54260 | M. 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] |