Fornace di Cornedo (Pleistocene), Cornedo Vincentino, Valle dell'Agno, Vicenza: Middle Pleistocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pisces
Pisces indet. Linnaeus 1758
synonym of Osteichthyes
Mammalia - Rodentia
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Mus sylvaticus
Apodemus sylvaticus dichrurus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetus vulgaris
    = Cricetus cricetus Linnaeus 1758
Bon et al. 1991
Dolomys bogdanovi
    = Dinaromys bogdanovi
Bon et al. 1991
Arvicola agrestis
    = Microtus nivalis
Bon et al. 1991
Arvicola sp. Lacépède 1799
Evotomys glareolus
    = Clethrionomys glareolus
Bon et al. 1991
synonym of Myodes
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Muscardinus avellanarius (Linnaeus 1758)
Glis glis (Linnaeus 1766)
Glis glis italicus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758
Ursus arctos cf. mediterraneus
Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller 1794
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Soricidae
Nesiotites sp. Bate 1945
    = Episoriculus sp. Ellerman and Morrison-Scott 1951
Bon et al. 1991
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Insectivora
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821
Reptilia - Colubridae
Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Amphibia
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Vicenza
Coordinates: 45.6° North, 11.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.6° North, 11.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:200 meters
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: Mixed fauna, some is Holocene (entered separately). ?Late Middle Pleistocene.
Lithology and environment
Geology comments: 'Il giacimento e noto dalla fine del secolo scorso.'
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: The fauna is fairly heterogeneous, and mixed. The specimens have not always been collected according to correct methods. Specimens are in a variety of collections, most are in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona and the Museo di Paleontologia dell'Univesita di Padova.
Metadata
Database number:43666
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-08-20 02:43:46 Last modified:2004-08-20 05:53:57
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-20 02:43:46
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]