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 | |
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758 mole | |
Asoriculus gibberodon, Beremendia fissidens, Petenyia hungarica, Sorex (Drepanosorex) praearaneus, Sorex bor
Asoriculus gibberodon shrew
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934 red-toothed shrew
Sorex (Drepanosorex) praearaneus Kormos 1934 long-tailed shrew
Sorex bor Reumer 1984 long-tailed shrew | |
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog | |
Ungaromys sp., Villanyia cf. exilis, Mimomys tornensis, Mimomys pitymyoides, Mimomys cf. pliocaenicus, Dinaromys allegranzii n. sp., cf. Ellobius sp.
Ungaromys sp. Kormos 1932 mouse
Villanyia cf. exilis vole
Mimomys tornensis vole
Mimomys cf. pliocaenicus Forsyth Major 1889 vole
cf. Ellobius sp. Fischer 1814 mole-vole | |
Apodemus dominans Eurasian field mouse | |
Glis minor Kowalski 1963 dormouse
Muscardinus pliocaenicus Kowalski 1963 dormouse
Eliomys sp. Wagner 1840 dormouse | |
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel |