List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Microtia n. gen. informal lineage 3
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| replaced by Mikrotia | ||||||||||
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Microtia n. gen. informal lineage 1
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34 specimens | |||||||||
| replaced by Mikrotia | ||||||||||
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Apodemus sp.
Kaup 1829
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
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Lagomorpha indet.
Brandt 1885
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Deinogalerix minor n. sp.
Butler 1980
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Butler 1980 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| mandible broken off anteriorly to p2, containing lightly worn p2-m2, ulna | ||||||||||
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Deinogalerix intermedius
Butler 1980
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Butler 1980 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
| 2 mandibles with teeth, isolated p3m1 frag., humerus, 2 ulnae and femur | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Paralutra garganensis n. sp.
Willemsen 1983
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Willemsen 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Foggia |
| Coordinates: | 41.8° North, 15.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.5° North, 15.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 67 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Late Vallesian-Turolian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: fissure-fills in a limestone quarry | |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Gargano fauna includes Amphibia, Reptilia (Testudinata, Crocodylia, Sauria, Serpentes), Aves, Mammalia (Insectivora, Chiroptera, Rodentia, Carnivora, Artiodactyla, Lagomorpha) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 32969 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | E. Leckey, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | E. Leckey | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-07-21 15:06:24 | Last modified: | 2003-08-25 14:15:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-07-21 15:06:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8830. | M. Freudenthal. 1976. Rodent stratigraphy of some Miocene fissure fillings in Gargano (prov. Foggia, Italy). Scripta Geologica 37:1-23 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 8828 | 5% 29660 | P. M. Butler. 1980. The giant erinaceid insectivore, Deinogalerix Freudenthal, from the Upper Miocene of Gargano, Italy. Scripta Geologica 57:1-72 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/L. van den Hoek Ostende] |
| 31348 | G. F. Willemsen. 1983. Paralutra garganensis sp. nov. Mustelidae, Lutrinae), a new otter from the Miocene of Gargano, Italy. Scripta Geologica 72:1-8 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |