Casa Sgherri
Basic information
Sample name: Casa Sgherri
Reference: F. Marcolini, F. P. Bonadonna, T. Kotsakis, P. Mazza, and G. Zanchetta. 2000. Preliminary data on the micro- and macromammal remains from Casa Sgherri, Lower Valdarno (Tuscany, Italy). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 39(2):243-252 [ER 4003]
Geography
Country: Italy
Coordinate: 43.76° N, 10.78° E
Latlng basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Early Pleistocene
Max Ma: 2.1
Min Ma: 1.9
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: coordinate estimated from the map in Fig. 1
from the "unità di Massarella" unit
interpreted as 1.9 to 2.1 Ma and nominally "Late Pliocene" based on faunal content, but this is now Early Pleistocene
from the "unità di Massarella" unit
interpreted as 1.9 to 2.1 Ma and nominally "Late Pliocene" based on faunal content, but this is now Early Pleistocene
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: the unit "consists of fine silty sands and gravels and sometimes bears cross-bedded structures" and the fossily deposit is interpreted as a "filled-channel deposit"
the sands "provided only teeth and no postcranial elements"
the sands "provided only teeth and no postcranial elements"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals
Sample size: 45 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: collection methods are not discussed
hyena coprolites are also present
hyena coprolites are also present
Metadata
Sample no: 4417
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2024-11-01 10:28:23
Modified: 2024-11-01 10:28:23
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
15 species
8 singletons
total count 45
geometric series index: 49.9
Fisher's α: 7.879
geometric series k: 0.8326
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8126
Shannon's H: 2.1282
Good's u: 0.8262
Register
| Macaca sylvanus (Barbary macaque) | 2 | |
| "Macaca sylvana florentina" | ||
| †Enhydrictis ardea | 1 | |
| a possible but not conclusive synonym of Pannonictis nestii: see Colombero et al. 2012 | ||
| †Acinonyx pardinensis (giant cheetah) | 1 | |
| †Sus strozzii (pig) | 2 | |
| Dama sp. | 13 | |
| "Pseudodama sp.": see van der Made et al. (2023) | ||
| Capreolus sp. | 2 | |
| Leptobos sp. | 1 | |
| Glis sp. | 1 | |
| †Mimomys pitymyoides | 1 | |
| †Mimomys cf. pusillus | 1 | |
| Mimomys sp. 1 | 3 | |
| Mimomys sp. 2 | 2 | |
| †Apodemus dominans | 13 | |
| †Hystrix refossa | 1 | |
| †Oryctolagus cf. lacosti | 1 | |