Layer 4, Sedia del Diavolo, Rome: Middle Pleistocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Oryctolagus cuniculus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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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
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Rhinoceros cf. mercki
Kaup 1841
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synonym of Dihoplus kirchbergensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus caballus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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Dama dama
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bos primigenius
Bojanus 1827
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis cf. pardus
Linnaeus 1758
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recombined as Panthera pardus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis cf. lupus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas antiquus
Falconer and Cautley 1847
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recombined as Palaeoloxodon antiquus | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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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% 12340 | F. 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] |