San Sidero 3, Maglie (Lecce), Salento, Puglia (Pleistocene of Italy)

Also known as S.S.3

Where: Puglia, Italy (40.4° N, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 18.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• Riss-Wurm, or Wurm 1 - Wurm 2.

Environment/lithology: fissure fill

• Red silt (terra rossa).

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: C. De Guili. 1983. Le faune Pleistoceniche del Salento 1. La fauna di San Sidero 3. 'I Quaderni' Pubblicazione scientifica periodica annuale del Museo di Paleontologia di Maglie Anno 1. 1:45-84 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 44091: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 01.09.2004

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys quercinus Linnaeus 1766 garden doormouse
 Rodentia - Muridae
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Microtus cf. gregalis" = Microtus, "Pitymys savii" = Microtus, Microtus cf. agrestis
"Microtus cf. gregalis" = Microtus vole
"Pitymys savii" = Microtus vole
Microtus cf. agrestis Linnaeus 1761 field vole
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Oryctolagus cuniculus Linnaeus 1758 European rabbit
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros sp. Linnaeus 1758 one-horned rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pig
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Dama dama Linnaeus 1758 fallow deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera cf. leo Linnaeus 1758 lion
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
Vulpes cf. vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox