Where: Italy (42.0° N, 12.7° E: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 12.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• early Middle Pleistocene, samples taken from the 12m below the vert fossils. All taxa lumped in this reference, and a more specific description is in press (A. Bertini).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, concretionary, ferruginous, calcareous claystone and poorly lithified, calcareous conglomerate
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original sporopollenin
Primary reference: G. Ficcarelli, L. Abbazzi, A. Albianelli, A. Bertini, M. Coltorti, M. Magnatti, F. Masini, P. Mazza, C. Mezzabotta, G. Napoleone, L. Rook, M. Rustioni, and D. Torre. 1997. Cesi, an early Middle Pleistocene site in the Colfiorito Basin (Umbro-Marchean Apennine), central Italy. Journal of Quaternary Science 12(6):507-518 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38321: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 20.04.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Acer sp. Linnaeus 1753 maple | |
Carpinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hornbeam | |
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak | |
Ranunculaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 buttercup | |
Plantaginaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 plantain | |
Asteraceae indet. Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
Artemisia sp. Linnaeus 1753 daisy | |
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799 | |
Polygonaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 knotweed | |
Caryophyllaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 carnation | |
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass | |
Pinopsida | |
Tsuga sp. Carrière 1855
Abies sp. Miller 1754 fir
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
Cedrus sp. Trew 1757 cedar
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine | |
Algae | |
Zygnemataceae indet. Kutzing 1898
Spirogyra sp. Link 1820 | |
Botryococcus sp. Kutzing 1849 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedra sp. Linnaeus 1753 jointfir | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Chlorophyceae indet. Kützing 1843
Pediastrum sp. Meyen 1829 |