Biochronological framework for the late Galerian and early-middle Aurelian Mammal Ages of peninsular Italy

Petronio, Carmelo; Stefano, Giuseppe Di; Kotsakis, Tassos; Salari, Leonardo; Marra, Fabrizio; Jicha, Brian R.

doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2019.02.002

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“…The presence of humans is noted on the northern Mediterranean edge in the Middle Pleistocene and in the Italian peninsula in the sites of Polledrara de Cecanibbio (Ceruleo et al, 2019), Torre in Pietra (Villa et al, 2016) and Castel di Guido (Michel et al, 2008). The composition of the faunal assemblage at isotopic stages 8 and 9 has been noted at Torre in Pietra and Vitinia (Petronio et al, 2019). Animals likely to act as reservoirs for Taenia sp.…”

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Occurrence of Taeniidae in a Middle Pleistocene speleothem of the Bàsura cave (Toirano, Liguria, Italy)

Lartigot‐Campin

Rousseau

Moné

2022

International Journal of Paleopathology

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Occurrence of Taeniidae in a Middle Pleistocene speleothem of the Bàsura cave (Toirano, Liguria, Italy)

Lartigot‐Campin

Rousseau

Moné

2022

International Journal of Paleopathology

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“…In contrast, although rare early occurrences of Bison are known in the Late Villafranchian (Masini et al ., 2013), this genus occurs mostly at younger sites, from the transitional Epivillafranchian age (ca. 1.2–0.9 Ma; Bellucci et al ., 2015) and extending into the Middle Pleistocene (Breda et al ., 2010; Petronio et al ., 2019). Despite these uncertainties, it is clear from the small mammals that the Siliceous Member represents a period of the Early Pleistocene very rarely expressed in the British record.…”

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“…MIS 11 (Martino and Pandolfi, in press), while H. amphibius is known from ca. MIS 13 into the Late Pleistocene (Pandolfi and Petronio, 2015; Petronio et al ., 2019; Martino and Pandolfi, in press). We follow this model, contrasting views notwithstanding (e.g.…”

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An Early Pleistocene hippopotamus from Westbury Cave, Somerset, England: support for a previously unrecognized temperate interval in the British Quaternary record

Adams

Candy

Schreve

2021

J Quaternary Science

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Although fossil assemblages from the late Early Pleistocene are very rare in Britain, the site of Westbury Cave in Somerset, England, has the potential to address this gap. The mammal fossils recovered previously from the Siliceous Member in Westbury Cave, though few in number, have hinted at an age for the deposits that is as yet unparalleled in Britain. Here, we describe the first bona fide occurrence of Hippopotamus in the British Early Pleistocene, discovered during recent reinvestigation of the Siliceous Member. The hippo fossil indicates a refined biochronological age of ca. 1.5-1.07 Ma for the Siliceous Member and a palaeoclimate that was warm and humid, which accords well with previous palaeoenvironmental inferences. A synthesis of late Early Pleistocene hippo occurrences suggests that the Siliceous Member hippo may have been part of an early colonization of north-west Europe by these megaherbivores, possibly during MIS (Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage) 31. Alternatively, it evidences a currently cryptic northward migration during an even earlier temperate phase. In either case, the Siliceous Member is likely to represent a warm period that has not been recognized previously in the British Quaternary record.

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“…A fluvial-lacustrine deposit exposed at Rignano Flaminio (north of Rome) was recently described by [71]. The base of the succession was represented by the Tufo Rosso a Scorie Nere, a deposit dated at approximately 449 ± 2 ka [112].…”

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Middle Pleistocene Hippopotamuses from the Italian Peninsula: An Overview

Mecozzi,

Iannucci,

Arzarello

et al. 2024

Quaternary

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Our work presents an updated overview of the Italian Middle Pleistocene records of hippopotamuses, including the two species Hippopotamus antiquus and Hippopotamus amphibius. In addition to reviewing several well-known fossils in the literature, a large number of samples are described herein for the first time. Following the recent results published in the literature, where the skull from the Middle Pleistocene of Cava Montanari (ca. MIS 13) was confirmed to belong to H. amphibius, one of the aims of this work was to investigate the H. antiquus–H. amphibius transition. A morphological analysis applied to a large sample confirmed the validity of the arrangement of the enamel ridges of the external surfaces of the lower canines as a diagnostic character for specific identifications. Finally, biometric analyses allowed us to test the size variability during the Middle Pleistocene, which confirmed that H. antiquus was generally larger than H. amphibius. Nevertheless, the remains of H. antiquus dated to ca. 600 ka show a reduced size when compared to older fossils of the same taxon, probably as a response to severe glacial conditions that occurred during MIS 16.

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Biochronological framework for the late Galerian and early-middle Aurelian Mammal Ages of peninsular Italy

Cited by 14 publications

References 78 publications

Occurrence of Taeniidae in a Middle Pleistocene speleothem of the Bàsura cave (Toirano, Liguria, Italy)

Occurrence of Taeniidae in a Middle Pleistocene speleothem of the Bàsura cave (Toirano, Liguria, Italy)

An Early Pleistocene hippopotamus from Westbury Cave, Somerset, England: support for a previously unrecognized temperate interval in the British Quaternary record

Middle Pleistocene Hippopotamuses from the Italian Peninsula: An Overview

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