Ingarano cave, layer B: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Pyrrhocorax graculus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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121 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Alectoris graeca
(Meisner 1804)
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2 specimens | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 41.8° North, 15.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.8° North, 15.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 40 ± 2 Ka (U/Th) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Phosphatic material several centimeters thick, interpreted as guano deposits from a bird colony, encrusting the basal alabastrine level | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphorite |
| Environment: | sinkhole |
| Geology comments: Karst filling succession within the Jurassic-Cretaceous limestone of the "Calcare di Sannicandro" Formation, probably representing the infilling of a sinkhole, the structure of which is no longer visible now that quarry activities have exposed the entire succession. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 194931 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-07-07 13:50:03 | Last modified: | 2018-07-07 13:50:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-07-07 13:50:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66275. | C. Bedetti and M. Pavia. 2007. Reinterpretation of the late Pleistocene Ingarano cave deposit based on the fossil bird associations (Apulia, south-eastern Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 113:487-507 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |