Layer 4, Sedia del Diavolo, Rome: Middle Pleistocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
A fragmentary femur and a metatarsal. Regarded by ref. 9695 as a neandertalian, but it is now considered as a preneandertalian, close to Homo heidelbergensis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros cf. mercki Kaup 1841
synonym of Dihoplus kirchbergensis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758
Dama dama (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis cf. pardus Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Panthera pardus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis cf. lupus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847
recombined as Palaeoloxodon antiquus
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
a coracoid
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Lazio Region County:Rome district
Coordinates: 41.9° North, 12.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.9° North, 12.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.78100 - 0.12600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local bed:Layer 4
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Pleistocene, terminal Riss
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: sands and gravels
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:poor
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:A lithic industry is associated to the fauna
Metadata
Database number:36134
Authorizer:E. Fara Enterer:E. Fara
Modifier:E. Fara Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-01-14 08:59:22 Last modified:2004-01-14 11:19:27
Access level:the public Released:2004-01-14 08:59:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9695.5% 12340F. Mallegni. 1986. Les Restes humains du gisement de Sedia del Diavolo (Rome) remontant au Riss final. L' Anthropologie (Paris) 90(3):539-553 [E. Fara/E. Fara/J. Alroy]