Riparo di Visogliano, Trieste, Northern Italy (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Trieste, Italy (45.8° N, 13.6° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 13.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Middle Pleistocene.

Environment/lithology:

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: The material is held temporarily held in the Departimento di Scienze Geologiche e Paleontologiche dell'Universita di Ferrara, the Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra di Firenze and the Dipartimento di Scienze Archeologiche di Pisa.

Primary reference: M. Bon, G. Piccoli, and B. Sala. 1991. I giacimenti Quaternari di vertebrati fossili nell'Italia Nord-Orientale. Memorie degli Instituti di Geologia e Mineralogia dell'Universita di Padova 47:185-231 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 43704: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 23.08.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Megacerinae indet.
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus, Marmota marmota
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel
Marmota marmota Linnaeus 1758 Alpine marmot
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Allocricetus bursae, Pliomys episcopalis, Cricetus cricetus, Microtus gregalis, Microtus nivalis, Microtus agrestis, Microtus arvalis, Microtus ex gr. arvalis, Arvicola cantiana, Arvicola sp., Dinaromys ex gr. bogdanovi, "Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes
Cricetus cricetus Linnaeus 1758 European hamster
Microtus agrestis Linnaeus 1761 field vole
Microtus arvalis Pallas 1779 common vole
Microtus ex gr. arvalis Pallas 1779 common vole
Microtus gr. arvalis-incertus
Arvicola sp. Lacépède 1799 vole
"Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes Pallas 1811 vole
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona pusillus, Ochotona sp.
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo erectus
Homo erectus Dubois 1892 human
1 mandible fragment.
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes sp.
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet.
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Capreolus capreolus, Dama sp., Dama dama, Cervus elephas
Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer
Dama sp. Frisch 1775 fallow deer
Dama dama Linnaeus 1758 fallow deer
Cervus elephas deer
Cervus elephas cf. acoronatus
 Theriamorpha - Capridae
Capridae indet.
Capridae indet. Gray 1821 placental
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus mercki, Stephanorhinus etruscus
Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868 rhinoceros
Dicerorhinus gr. etruscus-hemitoechus
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp., Equus caballus
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex ex gr. runtonensis
Sorex ex gr. runtonensis Hinton 1911 long-tailed shrew
Sorex gr. runtonensis-kennardi
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Talpa europaea, Talpa cf. romana
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758 European mole
Talpa cf. romana Thomas 1902 mole