Podere San Lorenzo
Basic information
Sample name: Podere San Lorenzo
Reference: M. Cherin, B. Azzara, M. Breda, A. Brobia Ansoleaga, C. Buzi, L. Pandolfi, and F. Pazzaglia. 2019. Large mammal remains from the Early Pleistocene site of Podere San Lorenzo (Perugia, central Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 125(2):489-515 [ER 4400]
Geography
Country: Italy
State: Perugia
Coordinate: 43° 59' 33" N, 12° 26' 21" E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Scale: quarry
Time interval: Early Pleistocene
Max Ma: 2.0
Min Ma: 1.8
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: shown as about 2 km ESE of Deruta (basis of coordinate)
correlated with "the Olivola-Tasso Faunal Units (about 2.01.8 Ma)" based on biochronology and middle or late Villafranchian
correlated with "the Olivola-Tasso Faunal Units (about 2.01.8 Ma)" based on biochronology and middle or late Villafranchian
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: from "a sand and gravel quarry"
based on a nearby section, from "a fluvial depositional environment" with some specimens "from conglomerates" and others from "finer grained deposits" and probably "sand lenses"
based on a nearby section, from "a fluvial depositional environment" with some specimens "from conglomerates" and others from "finer grained deposits" and probably "sand lenses"
Methods
Life forms: ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 38 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "discovered in the 1990s" and the quarry "is currently abandoned and completely covered by vegetation"
three hyaenid coprolites are also present
three hyaenid coprolites are also present
Metadata
Sample no: 4677
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2025-08-26 01:24:35
Modified: 2025-08-26 01:24:35
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
6 species
1 singleton
total count 38
geometric series index: 9.0
Fisher's α: 2.004
geometric series k: 0.7069
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.707
Shannon's H: 1.4711
Good's u: 0.9737
Register
| †Mammuthus cf. meridionalis (southern mammoth) | 17 | |
| †Stephanorhinus etruscus (rhinoceros) | 4 | |
| plus 5 Stephanorhinus sp. specimens possibly belonging to this taxon | ||
| †Equus stenonis (horse) | 3 | |
| †Leptobos cf. etruscus | 4 | |
| †Pseudodama nestii | 9 | |
| †Sus strozzii (pig) | 1 | |