S. Giovanni di Duino, Trieste, Northern Italy: Middle Pleistocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Mus sylvaticus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Pliomys episcopalis
Dolomys ex gr. bogdanovi
    = Dinaromys ex gr. bogdanovi
Bon et al. 1991
Dolomys cf. dalmatinus
    = Dinaromys cf. dalmatinus
Bon et al. 1991
Arvicola terrestris (Linnaeus 1758)
Microtus nivalis
Pitymys savii
    = Microtus savii
Bon et al. 1991
Microtus agrestis (Linnaeus 1761)
Microtus ex gr. arvalis (Pallas 1779)
Evotomys sp. Coues 1874
    = Clethrionomys sp. Tilesius 1850
Bon et al. 1991
synonym of Myodes
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911
Sorex runtonensis-kennardi
Nesiotites sp. Bate 1945
    = Episoriculus sp. Ellerman and Morrison-Scott 1951
Bon et al. 1991
Crocidura russula (Herrmann 1780)
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa caeca Savi 1822
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847
recombined as Palaeoloxodon antiquus
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Trieste
Coordinates: 45.8° North, 13.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.8° North, 13.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.78100 - 0.12600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Pleistocene, Latest Galerian.
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: bone breccia.
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: The material is held in the Departimento di Scienze Geologiche e Paleontologiche dell'Universita di Ferrara.
Metadata
Database number:43705
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-08-23 07:49:07 Last modified:2004-08-23 10:49:07
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-23 07:49:07
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]