Slivia, Trieste, Northern Italy: Middle Pleistocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Megaceros sp. Owen 1844
4 specimens
1 lower premolar, 1 upper premolar, 2 upper molars.
    = Megacerinae indet.
Bon et al. 1991
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
1 lower P4 fragment.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Dolomys sp. Nehring 1898
11 specimens
lower teeth: 1 mandible with M1-M3, 2 M1 fragments, 1 M2, 1 M3. Upper teeth: 3 M1, 1 M2, 2 M3. MNI = 3.
    = Dinaromys sp. Kretzoi 1955
Bon et al. 1991
Pitymys hintoni
5 specimens
5 lower M1. MNI = 5.
    = Microtus hintoni
Bon et al. 1991
Mimomys savini
3 specimens
3 lower M1. MNI = 3.
Allocricetus bursae
4 specimens
1 mandible fragment, 1 lower M2, 2 palate fragments. MNI = 3-4.
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus europaeus Pallas 1778
3 specimens
1 lower P3, 1 lower incisor, 1 metatarsal fragment.
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber 1774)
numerous mandibles and palates. Abundant.
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Vespertilionidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
1 incomplete mandible. Very rare.
Miniopterus schreibersii
abundant mandible fragments. Abundant.
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus sp. Gloger 1841
2 specimens
1 mandible, 1 maxilla.
    = Stephanorhinus sp. Kretzoi 1942
Bon et al. 1991
Stephanorhinus hemitoechus (Falconer 1868)
Bon et al. 1991
Stephanorhinus cf. hundsheimensis (Toula 1902)
Bon et al. 1991
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
47 specimens
1 upper incisor, 14 upper molars, 5 upper premolars, 6 incisors, 4 lower premoalrs, 7 lower molars, 9 distal metapodia, 1 metatarsal diaphysis fragment.
Equus altidens
teeth and 1 metapodial.
Equus marxi
teeth and 1 metapodial fragment.
    = Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758
Bon et al. 1991
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus cf. scrofa Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
1 tooth fragment.
    = Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
Bon et al. 1991
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bon et al. 1991
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bon et al. 1991
Dama sp. Frisch 1775
numerous isolated teeth.
Mammalia - Bovidae
cf. Bison schoetensacki
4 specimens
2 upper molars, 2 lower molars.
    = Bison cf. schoetensacki
Bon et al. 1991
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium crenatidens Fabrini 1890
1 specimen
1 lower canine. Homotherium crenatidens (= moravicum?)
Panthera cf. toscana
1 specimen
1 lower canine.
    = Panthera cf. gombaszoegensis Kretzoi 1938
O'Regan 2003
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
Bon et al. 1991 13 specimens
Lower teeth: 3 M1, 1 P3, 3 P2, 1 canine. Upper teeth: 1 P4, 1 P3 fragment. 1 calcaneum, 1 metacarpal, 1 metatarsal.
    = Pachycrocuta brevirostris Gervais 1850
Ambrosetti et al. 1979
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
1 mandible with P2-M1.
    = Meles cf. meles Linnaeus 1758
Bon et al. 1991
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus deningeri Reichenau 1904
15 specimens
upper teeth: 2 M1 fragments, 3 canines, 1 I3. Lower teeth: 3 M3, 1 M2, 1 M1, 3 canines (1 fragmentary), 1 I3. MNI = 2.
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis cf. lupus Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Canis cf. lupus mosbachensis. 1 upper P4.
    = Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Bon et al. 1991
Canis lupus cf. mosbachensis
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bon et al. 1991
Elephas cf. antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847
Bon et al. 1991
recombined as Palaeoloxodon antiquus
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Trieste
Coordinates: 45.8° North, 13.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.8° North, 13.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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
Stratigraphy comments: Early Middle Pleistocene, Earliest Galerian.
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: bone breccia.
Environment:karst indet.
Geology comments: bone bed in a karst hole.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Materail held at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste, the Departimento di Scienze Geologiche e Paleontologiche dell'Universita di Ferrara and the Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra di Firenze.
Metadata
Database number:40808
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-07-01 09:03:38 Last modified:2004-08-23 11:07:29
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-01 09:03:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11028.PACED P. Ambrosetti, G. Bartolomei, C. De Guili, G. Ficcarelli, and D. Torre. 1979. La breccia ossifera di Slivia (Auristina-Sistiana) nel Carso di Trieste. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 18(2):207-220 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]

Secondary references:

11465PACED 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]
9147 H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonymies of Eurasian faunas. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]