Island fossil ungulates and their predators: Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas falconeri Busk 1867
early Pleistocene
Elephas mnaidriensis (Adamas 1874)
original and current combination Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis
middle to late Pleistocene
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
carnivore, middle to late Pleistocene
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
carnivore, middle to late Pleistocene
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758
carnivore, middle to late Pleistocene
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
carnivore, middle to late Pleistocene
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus hydruntinus
middle to late Pleistocene
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus pentlandi
middle to late Pleistocene
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
middle to late Pleistocene
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758
siciliae, middle to late Pleistocene
Dama carburangelensis
middle to late Pleistocene
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison priscus (Bojanus 1827)
sicilae, middle to late Pleistocene
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827
siciliae, middle to late Pleistocene
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Sicily
Coordinates: 37.4° North, 14.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.4° North, 14.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Collection methods:survey of museum collection,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:94328
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:L. White
Modifier:L. White
Created:2010-02-16 15:30:33 Last modified:2010-02-16 17:34:58
Access level:the public Released:2010-02-16 15:30:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

32076. P. Raia and S. Meiri. 2006. The Island Rule in Large Mammals: Paleontology Meets Ecology. Evolution 60(8):1731-1742 [M. Uhen/L. White]