Serbaro di Romagnano, Commune di Grezzana, Verona, Northern Italy: Middle Pleistocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas boschas Linnaeus 1758
synonym of Anas platyrhynchos
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758
Elephas antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847
recombined as Palaeoloxodon antiquus
archaic form.
Elephas meridionalis Nesti 1825
Elephas meridionalis cromerensis
    = Archidiskodon meridionalis Nesti 1825
Bon et al. 1991
recombined as Mammuthus meridionalis
Archidiskodon meridionalis cromerensis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros mercki Kaup 1841
    = Stephanorhinus mercki
Bon et al. 1991
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus stenonis Cocchi 1867
recombined as Allohippus stenonis
Equus stenonis major
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus euryceros
    = Megaloceros euryceros
Bon et al. 1991
Cervus elephas
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Dama somonensis (Cuvier 1800)
Dama dama (Linnaeus 1758)
Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus 1758)
Capreolus capreolus pygargus
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus priscus
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis pardus Linnaeus 1758
Felis pardus antiqua
    = Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758
Bon et al. 1991
Panthera pardus antiqua
Felis leo Linnaeus 1758
Felis leo spelaea
    = Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758
Bon et al. 1991
Panthera leo spelaea
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus 1758)
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Canis lupus and Canis lupus aff. mosbachensis.
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller 1794
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Arvicola praeceptor
Pitymys ex gr. savii
    = Microtus ex gr. savii
Bon et al. 1991
Pitymys sp. McMurtrie 1831
    = Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
Bon et al. 1991
Evotomys sp. Coues 1874
    = Clethrionomys sp. Tilesius 1850
Bon et al. 1991
synonym of Myodes
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus europaeus Pallas 1778
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Verona County:Grezzana
Coordinates: 46.0° North, 11.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.0° North, 11.1° 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: The material has been looked at briefly by a number of authors, but the assemblage was not systematically collected and therefore a secure date cannot be applied, other than stating that it is a Middle Pleistocene assemblage.
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ossiferous breccia.
Environment:fissure fill
Geology comments: The site is a 'series of ossiferous berccias in a split' (probably a fissure fill).
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: The majority of the material is curated in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona.
Metadata
Database number:43664
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-08-20 02:05:48 Last modified:2004-08-20 05:05:48
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-20 02:05:48
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]