Layer 4, Sedia del Diavolo, Rome (Pleistocene of Italy)
Where: Lazio Region, Italy (41.9° N, 12.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.9° N, 12.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• Middle Pleistocene, terminal Riss
Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
• sands and gravels
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: F. Mallegni. 1986. Les Restes humains du gisement de Sedia del Diavolo (Rome) remontant au Riss final. L' Anthropologie (Paris) 90(3):539-553 [E. Fara/E. Fara/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36134: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 14.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• A lithic industry is associated to the fauna
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"Elephas antiquus" = Palaeoloxodon antiquus
"Elephas antiquus" = Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847 elephant | |
"Rhinoceros cf. mercki" = Dihoplus kirchbergensis
"Rhinoceros cf. mercki" = Dihoplus kirchbergensis Jäger 1839 rhinoceros | |
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Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
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Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
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Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
Dama dama Linnaeus 1758 fallow deer | |
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Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox | |
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Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
"Felis cf. pardus" = Panthera pardus
"Felis cf. pardus" = Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard | |
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Canis cf. lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf | |
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Oryctolagus cuniculus Linnaeus 1758 European rabbit
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
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Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human A fragmentary femur and a metatarsal. Regarded by ref. 9695 as a neandertalian, but it is now considered as a preneandertalian, close to Homo heidelbergensis
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