Poggio Rosso
Basic information
Sample name: Poggio Rosso
Reference: P. P. A. Mazza, A. Bertini, and M. Magi. 2004. The late Pliocene site of Poggio Rosso (central Italy): Taphonomy and paleoenvironment. Palaios 19(3):227-248 [ER 3980]
Geography
Country: Italy
Coordinate: 43.63° N, 11.5° E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Early Pleistocene
Ma: 1.87
Age basis: paleomag
Geography comments: "in the SOLAVA clay pit at Matassino, on the side of a hill called Poggio Rosso on the right side of the Arno River"
coordinate estimated based on Fig. 2 in Napoleone et al. (2001, Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia)
the paleomagnetic stratigraphy is detailed by Napoleone et al. (2001), who provide the exact age estimate for the fossiliferous horizon and state the altitude of 205 m
coordinate estimated based on Fig. 2 in Napoleone et al. (2001, Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia)
the paleomagnetic stratigraphy is detailed by Napoleone et al. (2001), who provide the exact age estimate for the fossiliferous horizon and state the altitude of 205 m
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: overbank deposit, carnivore accumulation
Habitat comments: a "0.6-0.8 m of silty sand... with little or no sediment in between the remains... Specimens largely consist of limb bones, but skulls, many of which are associated with mandibles (Fig. 3), also are present"
the environment consisted of "near-channel deposits formed during extensive, unconfined floods in a poorly to well-drained sand-dominated floodplain" but "The occurrence of skulls, limb bones, bite and gnaw marks, and coprolites and the comparative rarity of axial skeletal parts, attest to the presence and activity of carnivores-hyenas in particular, represented in the Upper Valdarno by Pachycrocuta brevirostris. Poggio Rosso thus is a sort of den with characteristics of a kill sit"
the environment consisted of "near-channel deposits formed during extensive, unconfined floods in a poorly to well-drained sand-dominated floodplain" but "The occurrence of skulls, limb bones, bite and gnaw marks, and coprolites and the comparative rarity of axial skeletal parts, attest to the presence and activity of carnivores-hyenas in particular, represented in the Upper Valdarno by Pachycrocuta brevirostris. Poggio Rosso thus is a sort of den with characteristics of a kill sit"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 946 specimens
Years: 1995
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: entered counts are summed NISP across all skeletal element classes because reported total MNI values don't agree with counts of skulls, which are often higher
Metadata
Sample no: 4395
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2023-12-05 20:54:05
Modified: 2024-11-15 11:38:52
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
17 species
0 singleton
total count 946
geometric series index: 19.0
Fisher's α: 2.943
geometric series k: 0.7291
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7254
Shannon's H: 1.899
Good's u: 1
Register
| †Mammuthus meridionalis (southern mammoth) | 35 | |
| †Stephanorhinus etruscus (rhinoceros) | 51 | |
| †Equus stenonis (horse) | 50 | |
| †Sus strozzii (pig) | 83 | |
| Dama nestii = †Pseudodama nestii | 74 | |
| "Pseudodama nestii": see van der Made et al. (2023) | ||
| †Eucladoceros dicranios (deer) | 470 | |
| †Leptobos etruscus | 18 | |
| Castor fiber plicidens | 8 | |
| "Castor plicidens": see Barisone et al. (2006) | ||
| †Ursus etruscus (bear) | 29 | |
| plus 2 Ursus sp. | ||
| †Canis etruscus (Etruscan wolf) | 9 | |
| †Canis arnensis | 59 | |
| †Felis lunensis (cat) | 4 | |
| "Felis silvestris lunensis" | ||
| †Lynx issiodorensis (lynx) | 28 | |
| †Homotherium latidens (saber-toothed cat) | 16 | |
| "Homotherium crenatidens": see Anton et al. (2014) | ||
| †Chasmaporthetes lunensis (hyena) | 2 | |
| †Pachycrocuta brevirostris (hyena) | 7 | |
| Martes sp. | 3 | |