Casino Lignite mine, Upper lacustrine level, near Siena, Tuscany (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Tuscany, Italy (43.3° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 11.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Ruscinian (5.3 - 3.2 Ma)

• Early Pliocene, MN14?

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lignite

• upper lacustrine level of the Casino lignite mine near Siena.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: fragmentary, yet rich, fauna.

Primary reference: T. Kotsakis. 1986. Elementi di paleobiogeographia dei mammiferi Terziari dell Italia. Hystrix 1:25-68 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49333: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 13.04.2005, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 tapir
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon ""pantanellii"" Falconer and Cautley 1836 pygmy hippo
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae "indet. 2" Gray 1821 antelope
? Parabos cordieri de Christol 1832 antelope