Ingarano cave, layer C (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (41.8° N, 15.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 15.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Variable thickness from one to three meters. Age bracketed by U/Th date of 40 ka from layer B and Mousterian artifacts (no younger than 35 ka) in layer E.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sinkhole; conglomerate

• Karst filling succession within the Jurassic-Cretaceous limestone of the "Calcare di Sannicandro" Formation, probably representing the infilling of a sinkhole, the structure of which is no longer visible now that quarry activities have exposed the entire succession.
• Massive conglomerate bed, with homogeneous texture with flattened calcareous pebbles and a poorly cemented silty reddish matrix.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Bedetti and M. Pavia. 2007. Reinterpretation of the late Pleistocene Ingarano cave deposit based on the fossil bird associations (Apulia, south-eastern Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 113:487-507 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 194932: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.07.2018, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Cuon alpinus
Cuon alpinus Pallas 1811 dhole
previously identified as Canis lupus
Aves
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Alectoris graeca
Alectoris graeca Meisner 1804 rock partridge
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Falco columbarius, Falco cherrug
Falco columbarius Linnaeus 1758 merlin
Falco cherrug Gray 1834 Saker falcon
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus corone, Pyrrhocorax graculus, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Corvus corone Linnaeus 1758 carrion crow
Pyrrhocorax graculus Linnaeus 1766 yellow-billed chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Linnaeus 1758 red-billed chough
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columba livia
Columba livia Gmelin 1789 rock pigeon
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Bubo sp., "Nyctea scandiaca" = Bubo scandiacus, Athene noctua
Bubo sp. Dumeril 1806 eagle-owl
Nyctea scandiaca vel. Bubo bubo
"Nyctea scandiaca" = Bubo scandiacus Linnaeus 1758 snowy owl
Athene noctua Scopoli 1769 little owl
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Buteo rufinus, Circus aeruginosus, Aquila chrysaetos
Buteo rufinus Cretzschmar 1826 long-legged buzzard
Circus aeruginosus Linnaeus 1758 Western marsh-harrier
Aquila chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 golden eagle