The Early Pleistocene ectothermic vertebrates of Pietrafitta (Italy) and the last Western European occurrence of Latonia Meyer, 1843
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- 1. Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifci ICTA-ICP, c/ Columnes s/n, Campus de la UAB, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona (Spain) and Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Torino, Via T. Valperga Caluso 35, I-10125, Torino (Italy)
- 2. Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Richard-Wagner-Straße 10, 80333, München (Germany) and Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifci ICTA-ICP, c/ Columnes s/n, Campus de la UAB, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona (Spain) and Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Torino, Via T. Valperga Caluso 35, I-10125, Torino (Italy)
- 3. Galleria di Storia Naturale, Centro d'Ateneo per i Musei Scientifici, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Via del Risorgimento, I-06051, Casalina (Perugia) (Italy)
- 4. Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Via A. Pascoli, I-06123, Perugia (Italy)
- 5. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Torino, Via T. Valperga Caluso 35, I-10125, Torino (Italy)
- 6. Centrum für Naturkunde, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, Hamburg, 20146, (Germany) and Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024 (United States)
- 7. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Torino, Via T. Valperga Caluso 35, I-10125, Torino (Italy) and Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifci ICTA-ICP, c/ Columnes s/n, Campus de la UAB, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona (Spain)
Description
The Early Pleistocene site of Pietrafitta (central Italy) produced a rich vertebrate assemblage from the Late Villafranchian Land Mammal Age (late MN18). Geological and paleobotanical data from Pietrafitta indicate a lacustrine environment, surrounded by a humid deciduous broadleaved forest with a temperate climate. The vertebrate assemblage consists of at least 40 taxa including actinopterygians, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Here, we concentrate on the ichthyofaunal and herpetofaunal remains. The ichthyofauna includes Barbus Cuvier and Cloquet, 1816, Scardinius Bonaparte, 1837, aff. Squalius Cuvier, 1817, and Tinca Cuvier, 1817. The two anuran genera are the large-sized alytid frog Latonia Meyer, 1843 and the “green frog” Pelophylax Fitzinger, 1843. Three snake precloacal vertebrae were recognized, one attributed to Colubrines indet., another one to Natrix sp. Laurenti, 1768, and the largest and most complete vertebra is referred to the genus Vipera s.l. Laurenti, 1768 (cf. gr. “Oriental vipers”). The chelonian fossils, including some complete carapaces and plastrals, are attributed to the European pond turtle (Emys gr. Orbicularis Linnaeus, 1758) and Hermann’s tortoise (Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789).
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