Loara, Val Freddo near Lumignano, Vicenza, Northern Italy (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Vicenza, Italy (45.5° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 11.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Middle Pleistocene.

Environment/lithology: karst

• 'una sequenza di pozzi carsici'

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: The material is held in the Departimento di Scienze Geologiche e Paleontologiche dell'Universita di Ferrara.

Primary reference: M. Bon, G. Piccoli, and B. Sala. 1991. I giacimenti Quaternari di vertebrati fossili nell'Italia Nord-Orientale. Memorie degli Instituti di Geologia e Mineralogia dell'Universita di Padova 47:185-231 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 43691: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 23.08.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Talpa europaea
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758 European mole
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Neomys sp., Sorex cf. araneus, Sorex minutus, Sorex ex gr. runtonensis
Neomys sp. Kaup 1829 water shrew
Sorex cf. araneus Linnaeus 1758 common shrew
Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew
Sorex ex gr. runtonensis Hinton 1911 long-tailed shrew
Sorex gr. runtonensis-kennardi
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Clethrionomys cf. rufocanus" = Myodes, Dinaromys ex gr. bogdanovi, Microtus incertus, Microtus fatioi, Microtus agrestis, Arvicola cf. praeceptor
"Clethrionomys cf. rufocanus" = Myodes vole
Microtus agrestis Linnaeus 1761 field vole
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sp.
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse