Pirro Nord, P. N. 2 (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 classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Material collecetd in 1984.

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 40997: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 05.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Eucladoceros sp., ""Dama" cf. nestii" = Cervus nestii
Eucladoceros sp. Falconer 1868 deer
""Dama" cf. nestii" = Cervus nestii Azzaroli 1947 deer
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes cf. alopecoides, "Canis falconeri" = Xenocyon falconeri, Canis arnensis
Vulpes cf. alopecoides Forsyth Major 1877 fox
"Canis falconeri" = Xenocyon falconeri Forsyth-Major 1877 canine
Canis arnensis Del Campana 1913 canine
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus etruscus
Ursus etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp.
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Allophaiomys pliocaenicus
Allophaiomys pliocaenicus Kormos 1932 vole
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus flavicollis
Apodemus flavicollis Eurasian field mouse
 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus ex gr. euryale
Rhinolophus ex gr. euryale Blasius 1853 horseshoe bat
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Miniopterus sp., Myotis sp., Myotis cf. blythi
Miniopterus sp. Bonaparte 1837 bend-winged bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Myotis cf. blythi Tomes 1857 lesser mouse-eared bat