Rivoli Veronese, Adige Valley, near Verona, northeastern Italy: Villanyian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Sciuroptera indet.
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus dominans
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Villanyia cf. exilis
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Dinaromys allegranzii n. sp.
21 specimens
15 lower M1, 2 upper M1, 2 upper M3.
Mimomys tornensis
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Mimomys pitymyoides
Kotsakis et al. 2003
= Pitymimomys pitymyoides after Tesakov 1998.
Mimomys cf. pliocaenicus (Forsyth Major 1889)
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Ungaromys sp. Kormos 1932
Kotsakis et al. 2003
cf. Ellobius sp. Fischer 1814
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Eliomys sp. Wagner 1840
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Muscardinus pliocaenicus Kowalski 1963
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Glis minor Kowalski 1963
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Talpa ex gr. minor Freudenberg 1914
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Talpa gr. T. minor - T. caeca
Mammalia - Soricidae
Beremendia fissidens (Petényi 1864)
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Sorex (Drepanosorex) praearaneus Kormos 1934
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Sorex bor Reumer 1984
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Petenyia hungarica Kormos 1934
Kotsakis et al. 2003
Asoriculus gibberodon
Kotsakis et al. 2003
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Venetia County:Caprino
Coordinates: 45.6° North, 10.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.5° North, 10.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Villanyian
Age range of interval:3.10000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Late Villanyian, MN17, Late Pliocene.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:fissure fill
Geology comments: A karst fissure fill.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Collection held in the Museum of Natural History, Verona.
Metadata
Database number:50895
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:PACED
Created:2005-05-24 05:48:01 Last modified:2018-02-17 21:52:01
Access level:the public Released:2005-05-24 05:48:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13587.PACED 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]

Secondary references:

13182PACED T. Kotsakis, L. Abbazzi, C. Angelone, P. Argenti, G. Barisone, F. Fanfari, F. Marcolini and F. Masini. 2003. Plio-Pleistocene biogeography of Italian mainland micromammals. Deinsea 10:313-342 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]