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 indet. Huxley 1880 bony fish | |
Actinopteri | |
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Mammalia | |
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox | |
Felis sylvestris cat | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale | |
Balaenoptera physalus Linnaeus 1758 fin whale | |
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale | |
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 | |
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758 sperm whale | |
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer | |
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox | |
Equus hydruntinus horse | |
Reptilia | |
Caretta caretta Linnaeus 1758 loggerhead sea turtle | |
Aves | |
Alectoris graeca Meisner 1804 rock partridge |