Slivia, Trieste, Northern Italy: Middle Pleistocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Megaceros sp.
Owen 1844
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4 specimens | |||||||||
1 lower premolar, 1 upper premolar, 2 upper molars. | ||||||||||
= Megacerinae indet.
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Bon et al. 1991 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor fiber
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
1 lower P4 fragment. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Dolomys sp.
Nehring 1898
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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
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Bon et al. 1991 | |||||||||
Pitymys hintoni
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5 specimens | |||||||||
5 lower M1. MNI = 5. | ||||||||||
= Microtus hintoni
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Bon et al. 1991 | |||||||||
Mimomys savini
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3 specimens | |||||||||
3 lower M1. MNI = 3. | ||||||||||
Allocricetus bursae
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4 specimens | |||||||||
1 mandible fragment, 1 lower M2, 2 palate fragments. MNI = 3-4. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus europaeus
Pallas 1778
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3 specimens | |||||||||
1 lower P3, 1 lower incisor, 1 metatarsal fragment. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Rhinolophidae
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Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
(Schreber 1774)
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numerous mandibles and palates. Abundant. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Vespertilionidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
1 incomplete mandible. Very rare. | ||||||||||
Miniopterus schreibersii
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abundant mandible fragments. Abundant. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus sp.
Gloger 1841
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2 specimens | |||||||||
1 mandible, 1 maxilla. | ||||||||||
= Stephanorhinus sp.
Kretzoi 1942
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Bon et al. 1991 | |||||||||
Stephanorhinus hemitoechus
(Falconer 1868)
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Bon et al. 1991 | |||||||||
Stephanorhinus cf. hundsheimensis
(Toula 1902)
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Bon et al. 1991 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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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
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teeth and 1 metapodial. | ||||||||||
Equus marxi
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teeth and 1 metapodial fragment. | ||||||||||
= Equus caballus
Linnaeus 1758
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Bon et al. 1991 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus cf. scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
1 tooth fragment. | ||||||||||
= Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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Bon et al. 1991 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bon et al. 1991 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bon et al. 1991 | |||||||||
Dama sp.
Frisch 1775
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numerous isolated teeth. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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cf. Bison schoetensacki
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4 specimens | |||||||||
2 upper molars, 2 lower molars. | ||||||||||
= Bison cf. schoetensacki
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Bon et al. 1991 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Homotherium crenatidens
Fabrini 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
1 lower canine. Homotherium crenatidens (= moravicum?) | ||||||||||
Panthera cf. toscana
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1 specimen | |||||||||
1 lower canine. | ||||||||||
= Panthera cf. gombaszoegensis
Kretzoi 1938
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena crocuta
(Erxleben 1777)
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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
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Ambrosetti et al. 1979 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Meles meles
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
1 mandible with P2-M1. | ||||||||||
= Meles cf. meles
Linnaeus 1758
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Bon et al. 1991 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus deningeri
Reichenau 1904
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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
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Canis cf. lupus
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Canis cf. lupus mosbachensis. 1 upper P4. | ||||||||||
= Canis lupus
Linnaeus 1758
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Bon et al. 1991 | |||||||||
Canis lupus cf. mosbachensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bon et al. 1991 | |||||||||
Elephas cf. antiquus
Falconer and Cautley 1847
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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:
11465 | PACED | 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] |