Where: Venetia, Italy (45.6° N, 10.8° E: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 10.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Villanyian (3.2 - 2.6 Ma)
• Late Villanyian, MN17, Late Pliocene.
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: Collection held in the Museum of Natural History, Verona.
Primary reference: B. Sala. 1996. Dinaromys allegranzii n. sp. (Mammalia, Rodentia) from Rivoli Veronese (northeastern Italy) in a Villanyian association. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 39(1):469-472 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 50895: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 24.05.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Eliomys sp. Wagner 1840 dormouse
Glis minor Kowalski 1963 dormouse
Muscardinus pliocaenicus Kowalski 1963 dormouse | |
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel | |
Apodemus dominans Eurasian field mouse | |
cf. Ellobius sp., Ungaromys sp., Dinaromys allegranzii n. sp., Villanyia cf. exilis, Mimomys tornensis, Mimomys pitymyoides, Mimomys cf. pliocaenicus
cf. Ellobius sp. Fischer 1814 mole-vole
Ungaromys sp. Kormos 1932 mouse
Villanyia cf. exilis vole
Mimomys tornensis vole
Mimomys cf. pliocaenicus Forsyth Major 1889 vole | |
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog | |
Beremendia fissidens, Asoriculus gibberodon, Petenyia hungarica, Sorex (Drepanosorex) praearaneus, Sorex bor
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
Asoriculus gibberodon shrew
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934 red-toothed shrew
Sorex (Drepanosorex) praearaneus Kormos 1934 long-tailed shrew
Sorex bor Reumer 1984 long-tailed shrew | |
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758 mole |