Marasà Cave: Middle Pleistocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae
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Aegolius martae n. sp.
Pavia 2008
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Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Palermo | County: | Marasà Cave |
| Coordinates: | 38.1° North, 13.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.1° North, 13.3° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Altitude: | 190 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified sandy breccia |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Specimens are kept in the Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia of the Torino University (MGPT) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 175899 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Pavia | Enterer: | M. Pavia |
| Modifier: | M. Pavia | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-01-17 16:02:06 | Last modified: | 2016-01-20 03:10:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-01-17 16:02:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57644. | M. Pavia. 2008. The evolution dynamics of the Strigiformes in the Mediterranean islands with the description of Aegolius martae n. sp. (Aves, Strigidae). Quaternary International 182:80-89 [M. Pavia/M. Pavia] |