Quinzano, Verona, Northern Italy: Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas trogontherii
Pohlig 1885
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Elephas trogontherii intermedius | ||||||||||
= Mammuthus trogontherii
Pohlig 1885
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Mammuthus trogontherii intermedius | ||||||||||
Elephas sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Vulpes sp.
Frisch 1775
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Bovidarum gen. sp. indet. | ||||||||||
Capra sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Capra ibex
Linnaeus 1758
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Bison priscus
(Bojanus 1827)
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Bos sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bos primigenius
Bojanus 1827
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Rupicapra rupicapra
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Megaceros euryceros
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Megaceros euryceros italiae | ||||||||||
= Megaloceros euryceros
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Megaloceros euryceros italiae | ||||||||||
Capreolus capreolus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Dama dama
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Cervus elephas
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Alces alces
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus palustris
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Sus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus (Asinus) hydruntinus
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= Equus cf. caballus
Linnaeus 1758
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= Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Italy | State/province: | Verona |
Coordinates: | 45.5° North, 11.0° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 45.5° North, 11.0° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Five different caves, with differing ages from Middle-Late Pleistocene, plus some Holocene. Stone tools have also been found here. |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | anthropogenic |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collection method comments: Mixed fauna from dating from Middle Pleistocene-Holocene. Material curated in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona. |
Metadata
Also known as: | Villa di Quinzano | ||
Database number: | 43657 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2004-08-19 08:00:33 | Last modified: | 2004-08-19 11:01:34 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-19 08:00:33 |
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] |