Pirro Nord, P. 77 1+2: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus cf. altidens
Mammalia - Cervidae
"Dama" cf. nestii Azzaroli 1947
recombined as Cervus nestii
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Archidiskodon meridionalis (Nesti 1825)
recombined as Mammuthus meridionalis
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Foggia
Coordinates: 41.8° North, 15.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.7° North, 15.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.78100 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: fissure fillings. Late Early Pleistocene, younger than the Tasso FU, but not Middle Pleistocene, probably Farneta FU - ?Jaramillo?
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: Karst infilling, with frequent occurrence of quartz grains - probably derived from the Apennines - indicating a palaeogeography similar to that of today.
Environment:fissure fill
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Material collected in 1977.
Metadata
Also known as:Cava Pirro
Database number:40989
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-07-05 07:54:04 Last modified:2004-07-05 12:49:10
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-05 07:54:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11051.PACED C. De Guili, F. Masini, and D. Torre. 1990. The Latest Villfranchian faunas in Italy - the Pirro Nord local fauna (Apricena, Gargano). Quatarpalaontologie 8:29-34 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]