Pantalla
Basic information
Sample name: Pantalla
Reference: M. Cherin, G. Basilici, M. Duval, Q. Shao, M. J. Sier, J. M. Parés, E. Gliozzi, I. Mazzini, D. Magri, F. Di Rita, D. A. Iurino, B. Azzará, G. Margaritelli, and F. Pazzaglia. 2023. The dawn of the Late Villafranchian: Paleoenvironment and age of the Pantalla paleontological site (Italy; Early Pleistocene). Quaternary Science Reviews 316:108279 [ER 3969]
Geography
Country: Italy
Coordinate: 42° 52' 47" N, 12° 24' 23" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Formation: Santa Maria di Ciciliano
Time interval: Early Pleistocene
Ma: 2.228
Age basis: ESR
Geography comments: " inside the property of the Parco Tecnologico Agroalimentare 3A-PTA (Agriculture Research Center) located north of the municipality of Pantalla"
there are dates of 1142 ± 182 and 2228 ± 177 ka based on "Combined U-series/ESR age calculations" using data for two teeth, but the former is discarded because the "internal dose rate" is "strongly overestimated"
there are dates of 1142 ± 182 and 2228 ± 177 ka based on "Combined U-series/ESR age calculations" using data for two teeth, but the former is discarded because the "internal dose rate" is "strongly overestimated"
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit,overbank deposit
Habitat comments: "most of the fossils were concentrated in a small accumulation (c. 2 m2) in a sandy bed" that represents "fluvial channels" but "Other fossils, showing clear features of weathering from subaerial exposure, came from an overlying mud bed" interpreted as a floodplain deposit
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 66 specimens
Years: 1995
Metadata
Sample number: 4380
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2023-11-29 19:40:48
Modified: 2024-11-15 11:37:03
Abundance distribution
11 species
4 singletons
total count 66
geometric series index: 20.9
Fisher's α: 3.769
geometric series k: 0.7248
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7902
Shannon's H: 1.8999
Good's u: 0.9394
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Register
| †Apodemus dominans | 1 | |
| †Canis etruscus | 5 | |
| Vulpes sp. | 1 | |
| †Lynx issiodorensis | 4 | |
| †Acinonyx pardinensis | 8 | |
| †Lutraeximia umbra | 1 | |
| †Leptobos merlai | 1 | |
| †Dama nestii | 11 | |
| "Pseudodama nestii": see van der Made et al. (2023) | ||
| †Sus strozzii | 25 | |
| †Equus stenonis | 6 | |
| †Mammuthus cf. meridionalis | 3 | |