Grotta dell'Uzzo (Holocene of Italy)

Where: Sicily, Italy (38.1° N, 12.8° E: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 12.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Mesolithic Phase II, ~11,1000-8500 yrs cal BP

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Primary reference: M. A. Mannino, S. Talamo, A. Tagliacozzo, I. Fiore, O. Nehlich, M. Piperno, S. Tusa, C. Collina, R. Di Salvo, V. Schimmenti, and M. P. Richards. 2015. Climate-driven environmental changes around 8,200 years ago favoured increases in cetacean strandings and Mediterranean hunter-gatherers exploited them. Scientific Reports 5:16288 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 175523: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.12.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Osteichthyes -
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 bony fish
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758 sperm whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin
Globicephala sp. Lesson 1828 pilot whale
Grampus griseus Cuvier 1812 Risso's dolphin
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758 short-beaked common dolphin
 Cetacea -
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera physalus Linnaeus 1758 fin whale
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
 Carnivora - Felidae
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Caretta caretta Linnaeus 1758 loggerhead sea turtle
Aves
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Alectoris graeca Meisner 1804 rock partridge
Actinopteri
 Perciformes - Serranidae
Epinephelus sp. Bloch 1793 perch-like fish
spp.