Pirro Nord, Pieri Collection.: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Archidiskodon meridionalis
(Nesti 1825)
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| recombined as Mammuthus meridionalis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus etruscus
Cuvier 1823
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis arnensis
Del Campana 1913
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Canis falconeri
Forsyth-Major 1877
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| recombined as Xenocyon falconeri | ||||||||||
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Vulpes cf. alopecoides
Forsyth Major 1877
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Homotherium crenatidens
Fabrini 1890
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus cf. altidens
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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= Stephanorhinus etruscus
Falconer 1868
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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"Dama" cf. nestii
Azzaroli 1947
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| recombined as Cervus nestii | ||||||||||
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Eucladoceros sp.
Falconer 1868
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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cf. Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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| Bovini cf. Bison | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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"Lepus" cf. etruscus
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Hypolagus cf. brachygnathus
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix cf. refossa
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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: | 2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: fissure fillings. Late Early Pleistocene, younger than the Tasso FU, but not Middle Pleistocene, probably Farneta FU - ?Jaramillo? This material was collected from Pirro Nord, but which fissure it came from is unknown. |
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,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Material collected in 1968. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Cava Pirro | ||
| Database number: | 41006 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-07-05 09:37:10 | Last modified: | 2004-07-05 12:55:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-05 09:37:10 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 9580 | PACED | H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonomies of European mammals. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen] |