Fornace di Cornedo (Pleistocene), Cornedo Vincentino, Valle dell'Agno, Vicenza (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Vicenza, Italy (45.6° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 11.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Mixed fauna, some is Holocene (entered separately). ?Late Middle Pleistocene.

Environment/lithology:

• 'Il giacimento e noto dalla fine del secolo scorso.'

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: The fauna is fairly heterogeneous, and mixed. The specimens have not always been collected according to correct methods. Specimens are in a variety of collections, most are in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona and the Museo di Paleontologia dell'Univesita di Padova.

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 43666: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 20.08.2004

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Taxonomic list

Pisces
  -
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish
Amphibia
  -
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758 racer
Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant
 Insectivora -
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821 insectivoran
 Placentalia -
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
 Rodentia - Muridae
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus
"Apodemus sylvaticus" = Mus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1758 wood mouse
Apodemus sylvaticus dichrurus
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Arvicola sp. Lacépède 1799 vole
"Clethrionomys glareolus" = Myodes vole
Cricetus cricetus Linnaeus 1758 European hamster
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Muscardinus avellanarius Linnaeus 1758 hazel dormouse
Glis glis Linnaeus 1766 edible doormouse
Glis glis italicus
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Episoriculus sp. Ellerman and Morrison-Scott 1951 red-toothed shrew
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758 brown bear
Ursus arctos cf. mediterraneus
Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller 1794 cave bear
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Meles meles Linnaeus 1758 European badger
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine