Zoppega 2, Brecce di Soave, Verona, Northern Italy (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Verona, Italy (45.4° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.4° N, 11.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Earliest Middle Pleistocene, Galerian.

Environment/lithology:

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 43655: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 19.08.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp.
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta sp.
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates
 Serpentes -
Serpentes indet.
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo cf. hermanni
Testudo cf. hermanni Gmelin 1789 Hermann's tortoise
Aves
  -
Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
"Macaca cf. sylvana" = Macaca sylvanus
"Macaca cf. sylvana" = Macaca sylvanus Linnaeus 1758 Barbary macaque
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp.
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Dinaromys sp., Arvicola bactonensis, Microtus nivalinus, Microtus sp., Microtus sp., Microtus cf. arvalis, Microtus cf. agrestis, Microtus brecciensis, Mimomys savini, Allophaiomys ruffoi, Allophaiomys sp., Pliomys episcopalis, Cricetus cricetus, Allocricetus bursae
Dinaromys sp. Kretzoi 1955 vole
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Microtus cf. arvalis Pallas 1779 common vole
Microtus cf. agrestis Linnaeus 1761 field vole
Microtus brecciensis Forsyth Major 1905 vole
Allophaiomys sp. Kormos 1932 vole
Cricetus cricetus Linnaeus 1758 European hamster
Cricetus cricetus praeglacialis
 Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sp.
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus scrofa
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Dama dama
Dama dama Linnaeus 1758 fallow deer
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes vulpes
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela sp., Meles meles
Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758 weasel
Meles meles Linnaeus 1758 European badger
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus arctos
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758 brown bear
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex sp., Neomys sp., Episoriculus sp., Crocidura zorzii, Crocidura sp., Crocidura cf. russula
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Neomys sp. Kaup 1829 water shrew
Episoriculus sp. Ellerman and Morrison-Scott 1951 red-toothed shrew
Crocidura zorzii white-toothed shrew
Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832 white-toothed shrew
Crocidura cf. russula Herrmann 1780 Greater white-toothed shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Talpa caeca
Talpa caeca Savi 1822 blind mole