Cava Nord, Brecce di Soave, Monte Tondo, Verona, Northern Italy: Middle Pleistocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Colubridae
Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Mus sylvaticus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Allophaiomys ruffoi
Microtus cf. nivalis
Microtus subnivalis
Pitymys cf. fatioi
    = Microtus cf. fatioi
Bon et al. 1991
Pitymys aff. subterraneus
    = Microtus aff. subterraneus
Bon et al. 1991
Pitymys sp. McMurtrie 1831
    = Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
Bon et al. 1991
Microtus agrestis (Linnaeus 1761)
Microtus arvalis (Pallas 1779)
Pitymys cf. nivaloides
    = Pitymys cf. nivaloides
Bon et al. 1991
synonym of Microtus
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa cf. caeca Savi 1822
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes alopecoides Forsyth Major 1877
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758
Ursus arctos mediterraneus
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Verona
Coordinates: 45.4° North, 11.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.4° North, 11.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Chibanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Earliest Middle Pleistocene, Galerian.
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: Material curated in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona. Originally published as one collection, but has now been subdivided into Cava north and south.
Metadata
Database number:43643
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-08-18 08:57:44 Last modified:2004-08-18 11:57:45
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-18 08:57:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]