Monte Argentario
Basic information
Sample name: Monte Argentario
Reference: M. S. Siori, A. Boero, G. Carnevale, S. Colombero, M. Delfino, R. Sardella, and M. Pavia. 2014. New data on Early Pleistocene vertebrates from Monte Argentario (Central Italy). Paleoecological and biochronological implications. Geobios 47:403-418 [ER 3911]
Geography
Country: Italy
State: Grosseto
Coordinate: 42.403854° N, 11.162609° E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Formation: Miniera della Polveriera
Time interval: Early Pleistocene
Max Ma: 1.7
Min Ma: 1.3
Age basis: other
Geography comments: The Monte Argentario site is located on the "eastern slope of the Monte Argentario", a peninsula in the Province of Grosseto, Tuscany
Given coordinates are NOT exact, they are estimated based on the center of the Monte Argentario peninsular as no precise location was provided
The faunal composition of Monte Argentario likely places it in the Early Biharian, and can be referred to the Farneta and Pirro Faunal Units of Italy
Given coordinates are NOT exact, they are estimated based on the center of the Monte Argentario peninsular as no precise location was provided
The faunal composition of Monte Argentario likely places it in the Early Biharian, and can be referred to the Farneta and Pirro Faunal Units of Italy
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Taphonomic context: fissure fill
Habitat comments: The Monte Argentario site is made up of a "succession of conglomerate layers with centimetric clasts and red clay-sand layers, both strongly cemented"
The locality is a fissure filling within a limestone quarry on the eastern slope of the Monte Argentario
The faunal assemblage was found in a clay-sand layer
There is very little taphonomic information provided
There is no information provided on the accumulation
The locality is a fissure filling within a limestone quarry on the eastern slope of the Monte Argentario
The faunal assemblage was found in a clay-sand layer
There is very little taphonomic information provided
There is no information provided on the accumulation
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals,birds,lizards,snakes,frogs
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 181 specimens
Sampling comments: Vertebrate remains were extracted from the cemented clay-sand sediment via acetic acid
The uncounted life forms are cited from currently unavailable papers
Counts excluded:
Lacertilia indet. /"Lacertilia gen. et sp. indet." - 2
Serpentes indet. /"Serpentes gen. et sp. indet." - 5
Apodemus (Sylvaemus) sp. /"Apodemus (Sylvaemus) gr. sylvaticus-flavicollis" - 114
The uncounted life forms are cited from currently unavailable papers
Counts excluded:
Lacertilia indet. /"Lacertilia gen. et sp. indet." - 2
Serpentes indet. /"Serpentes gen. et sp. indet." - 5
Apodemus (Sylvaemus) sp. /"Apodemus (Sylvaemus) gr. sylvaticus-flavicollis" - 114
Metadata
Sample number: 4301
Contributor: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Created: 2023-06-21 15:41:43
Modified: 2023-06-22 00:47:25
Abundance distribution
20 species
7 singletons
total count 181
geometric series index: 39.6
Fisher's α: 5.745
geometric series k: 0.7873
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6987
Shannon's H: 1.8669
Good's u: 0.9614
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| Bufo bufo | 4 | |
| questionably assigned | ||
| Lacerta sp. | 1 | |
| "Lacerta s.l." | ||
| Vipera sp. | 1 | |
| Anas sp. | 1 | |
| Alectoris cf. graeca | 1 | |
| "Alectoris cf. A. graeca" | ||
| Porzana sp. | 1 | |
| "Porzana parva vel P. pusilla" | ||
| Columba sp. | 2 | |
| "Columba livia vel C. oenas" | ||
| Bubo sp. | 4 | |
| †Talpa cf. fossilis | 10 | |
| "Talpa cf. T. fossilis" | ||
| Sorex cf. minutus | 4 | |
| "Sorex cf. S. minutus" | ||
| †Petenyia hungarica | 4 | |
| †Asoriculus gibberodon | 25 | |
| Oryctolagus cf. valdarnensis | 9 | |
| "Oryctolagus cf. O. valdarnensis" | ||
| †Eliomys cf. intermedius | 4 | |
| "Eliomys cf. E. intermedius" | ||
| †Glis sackdillingensis | 2 | |
| †Microtus (Allophaiomys) cf. ruffoi | 94 | |
| "Microtus (Allophaiomys) cf. M. (A.) ruffoi" | ||
| Victoriamys chalinei | 1 | |
| Apodemus (Sylvaemus) sylvaticus | 8 | |
| Apodemus (Sylvaemus) flavicollis | 4 | |
| Apodemus (Karstomys) sp. | 1 | |
| "Apodemus (Kasrtomys) gr. mystacinus-epimelas" | ||