Pirro Nord, P. 80 (Pleistocene of Italy)

Also known as Cava Pirro

Where: Foggia, Italy (41.8° N, 15.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 15.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• fissure fillings. Late Early Pleistocene, younger than the Tasso FU, but not Middle Pleistocene, probably Farneta FU - ?Jaramillo?

Environment/lithology: fissure fill

• Karst infilling, with frequent occurrence of quartz grains - probably derived from the Apennines - indicating a palaeogeography similar to that of today.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Material collected in 1980.

Primary reference: C. De Guili, F. Masini, and D. Torre. 1990. The Latest Villfranchian faunas in Italy - the Pirro Nord local fauna (Apricena, Gargano). Quatarpalaontologie 8:29-34 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40994: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 05.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Pachycrocuta brevirostris
Pachycrocuta brevirostris Gervais 1850 brown hyaena
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet., ""Dama" nestii" = Cervus nestii, Eucladoceros sp.
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
""Dama" nestii" = Cervus nestii Azzaroli 1947 deer
Eucladoceros sp. Falconer 1868 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
cf. Bison sp.
cf. Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
Bovini cf. Bison
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus etruscus
Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros