Small and large mammals associated in Early Pleistocene floodplain sediments outcropping near Castagnone (Cerrina Valley, northern Monferrato Hills, Piedmont, NW Italy) are here examined, with particular emphasis on the voles. The micromammal assemblage includes Talpa sp., Sciurus cf. S. warthae, Mimomys savini, Mimomys pusillus, Microtus (Allophaiomys) cf. M. (A.) nutiensis, Ungaromys cf. U. nanus, Apodemus mystacinus, Leporidae indet. and the associated macrofauna lists the following generic Galerian components: Stephanorhinus cf. S. hundsheimensis, Sus sp., Hippopotamus sp., Capreolus sp. and other Cervidae indet. (a fallow deer and a megacerine), Bison sp. and Elephantidae indet. Due to the co-occurrence of Ungaromys nanus and an evolutionary advanced form of Allophaiomys with the normal paleomagnetic polarity of the embedding sediments, this faunal assemblage can be biochronologically dated to the late Early Biharian within the Jaramillo subchron.
The mammal fauna from the late Early Biharian site of Castagnone (northern Monferrato, Piedmont, NW Italy)
SALA, Benedetto
2007
Abstract
Small and large mammals associated in Early Pleistocene floodplain sediments outcropping near Castagnone (Cerrina Valley, northern Monferrato Hills, Piedmont, NW Italy) are here examined, with particular emphasis on the voles. The micromammal assemblage includes Talpa sp., Sciurus cf. S. warthae, Mimomys savini, Mimomys pusillus, Microtus (Allophaiomys) cf. M. (A.) nutiensis, Ungaromys cf. U. nanus, Apodemus mystacinus, Leporidae indet. and the associated macrofauna lists the following generic Galerian components: Stephanorhinus cf. S. hundsheimensis, Sus sp., Hippopotamus sp., Capreolus sp. and other Cervidae indet. (a fallow deer and a megacerine), Bison sp. and Elephantidae indet. Due to the co-occurrence of Ungaromys nanus and an evolutionary advanced form of Allophaiomys with the normal paleomagnetic polarity of the embedding sediments, this faunal assemblage can be biochronologically dated to the late Early Biharian within the Jaramillo subchron.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
