Quisisana-Certosa: Middle Pleistocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emys sp.
Dumeril 1806
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Piperno & Segre (1984) | ||||||||||
= Emys orbicularis
Linnaeus 1758
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Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995 | |||||||||
This paper. | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo hermanni
Gmelin 1789
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30 specimens | |||||||||
This paper. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephantidae indet.
Gray 1821
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62 specimens | |||||||||
This paper. 53 molar fragemnts, 7 tusk fragments, 1 occipital ocndyle and an illium fragment. | ||||||||||
Elephas sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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5 specimens | |||||||||
either E. trogontherii or E. primigenius. Piperno & Segre (1984) | ||||||||||
= Mammuthus (Mammuthus) chosaricus
Dubrovo 1966
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Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995 | |||||||||
This paper. | ||||||||||
Elephas antiquus
Falconer and Cautley 1847
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5 specimens | |||||||||
In Pigorini (1906) and Bellini (1916). 5 molar fragments. | ||||||||||
= Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus
Falconer and Cautley 1847
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Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995 | |||||||||
recombined as Palaeoloxodon antiquus | ||||||||||
This paper. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus spelaeus
Rosenmüller 1794
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16 specimens | |||||||||
In Pigorini (1906) and Bellini (1916) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
In Pigorini (1906) and Bellini (1916) | ||||||||||
= Canis cf. mosbachensis
Soergel 1925
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Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995 | |||||||||
This paper. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Crocuta cf. crocuta
(Erxleben 1777)
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27 specimens | |||||||||
Crocuta cf. C. crocuta spelaea. This paper. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis ? tigris
Linnaeus 1758
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recombined as Panthera tigris | ||||||||||
In Pigorini (1906) and Bellini (1916). Not mentioned in later papers. | ||||||||||
Felis pardus
Linnaeus 1758
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8 specimens | |||||||||
In Rovereto (1908) | ||||||||||
= Panthera pardus
Linnaeus 1758
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Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995 | |||||||||
This paper. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus aff. suessenbornensis
Wüst 1901
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Equus (Sussemionus) suessenbornensis | ||||||||||
This paper. 3 teeth. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros tichorhinus
Cuvier 1822
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In Pigorini (1906) and Bellini (1916) | ||||||||||
= Rhinoceros mercki
Kaup 1841
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Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995 | |||||||||
In Rovereto (1908) | ||||||||||
= Dicerorhinus cf. hemitoechus
Falconer 1868
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Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995 | |||||||||
Piperno & Segre (1984) | ||||||||||
= Stephanorhinus hemitoechus
Falconer 1868
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Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995 | |||||||||
This paper. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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10 specimens | |||||||||
In Pigorini (1906) and Bellini (1916). several canine fragments, 7 teeth fragments. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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9 specimens | |||||||||
In Pigorini (1906) and Bellini (1916). Sus scrofa ferus in Piperno & Segre (1984) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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52 specimens | |||||||||
This paper. 25 limb bone fragments, 27 antler fragments. | ||||||||||
Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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11 specimens | |||||||||
In Pigorini (1906) and Bellini (1916) | ||||||||||
= Cervus elaphas
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Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995 | |||||||||
In Rovereto (1908) | ||||||||||
Dama sp.
Frisch 1775
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33 specimens | |||||||||
This paper. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bos primigenius
Bojanus 1827
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15 specimens | |||||||||
This paper. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hystrix ? cristata
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
In Rovereto (1908) | ||||||||||
= Oryctolagus cuniculus
Linnaeus 1758
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Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995 | |||||||||
misidentification of a rib fragment. This paper. | ||||||||||
Lepus cuniculus
Linnaeus 1758
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18 specimens | |||||||||
In Rovereto (1908) | ||||||||||
= Oryctolagus cuniculus
Linnaeus 1758
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Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Italy | State/province: | Capri Island |
Coordinates: | 40.6° North, 14.2° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.5° North, 14.2° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Altitude: | -50 meters |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Late Middle Pleistocene, based on fauna. There are two localites (Quisisana and Certosa) in a south sloping terrace and several collections dating back to 1901 are included in this faunal list. They have all been referred to 'Quisisana-Certosa'. The site has been controversial because of the possible association of stone tools with Middle Pleistocene faunas. |
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: The lithology has been descibed by several different authors as 'lacustrine oxidised clays, with vertebrate bones and chert artefacts.', 'Red clays dipping west without volcanic minerals and with vertebrate bones. The upper portion of this level bears lithic artefacts.' and 'Red clays (= 'Lehm' Auct.) with an acheulean industry in the upper part, overlying Middle Pleistocene vertebrate remains' (Other layers with Late Pleistocene remains overlie this). |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Collection method comments: Fossils stored at the Museum of the Sezione Caprense 'Ignazio Cerio' of the Instituto Italiano di Palaeontologia Umana, in Museo di Paleontologia, University of Naples 'Frederico II' and Instituto Italiano di Palaeontologia Umana, Rome. |
Metadata
Database number: | 43016 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2004-08-09 07:36:21 | Last modified: | 2004-08-09 10:39:53 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-09 07:36:21 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
11400. | PACED | L. Capasso Barbato and E. Gliozzi. 1995. Biochronological and palaeogeographical implications of a well-balanced late Middle Pleistocene fauna from Quisiana-Certosa (Capri, Southern Italy). Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 34(2):235-261 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |