Casal Selce 2
Basic information
Sample name: Casal Selce 2
Sample aka: Cava di Breccia; Casal Selce Upper Level
Reference: F. Strani, L. Bellucci, A. Iannucci, D. A. Iurino, B. Mecozzi, and R. Sardella. 2022. Palaeoenvironments of the MIS 15 site of Cava di Breccia - Casal Selce 2 (central Italian Peninsula) and niche occupation of fossil ungulates during Middle Pleistocene interglacials. Historical Biology 34(3):555-565 [ER 3854]
Geography
Country: Italy
Coordinate: 41.89° N, 12.32° E
Latlng basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.763
Min Ma: 0.565
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "along the via Aurelia (Rome)" (coordinate estimated from map in Fig. 1)
correlated with MIS 15
based on local biochronology, thought to lie in age between nearby units dated at 763 +/- 8 and 565 +/- 2 ka (methods unclear)
correlated with MIS 15
based on local biochronology, thought to lie in age between nearby units dated at 763 +/- 8 and 565 +/- 2 ka (methods unclear)
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: from unit f in the local sequence, which consists of "salmon sands" and is immediately underlain by "lagoonal deposits" and overlain by "marshy deposits", all together suggesting a fluvial context
there is no indication of hominid fossils or artefacts
there is no indication of hominid fossils or artefacts
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, ungulates
Sample size: 380 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: collection methods are not discussed
Metadata
Sample no: 4220
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-04-10 18:24:19
Modified: 2023-04-10 08:24:19
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
16 species
2 singletons
total count 380
geometric series index: 21.6
Fisher's α: 3.382
geometric series k: 0.716
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7965
Shannon's H: 2.0323
Good's u: 0.9948
Register
| Stephanorhinus sp. | 8 | |
| listed as a second entry of Capreolus | ||
| Elephantidae indet. | 14 | |
| Sus scrofa (pig) | 41 | |
| †Hippopotamus antiquus (hippopotamus) | 13 | |
| Bovidae indet. | 35 | |
| large | ||
| Praemegaceros sp. | 2 | |
| Cervus elaphus (red deer) | 150 | |
| Dama sp. | 45 | |
| Capreolus sp. | 2 | |
| †Equus cf. altidens (horse) | 12 | |
| †Equus cf. mosbachensis (horse) | 32 | |
| Macaca sylvanus (Barbary macaque) | 14 | |
| Canis sp. | 1 | |
| Vulpes sp. | 1 | |
| Lynx pardinus (Iberian lynx) | 2 | |
| Meles meles (European badger) | 8 | 11.0 kg |