A rich mammalian assemblage, referred to the Early Pleistocene (late Villafranchian, Farneta Faunal Unit), was recovered in the lignite of Pietrafitta (Perugia, Central Italy). This fossil assemblage includes some remains of an insectivore of the family Soricidae and a lagomorph of the family Leporidae. The morphological and morphometrical analysis of these teeth allowed to refer the remains to Sorex cfr. S. minutus Linnaeus, 1758 and Oryctolagus cfr. O. lacosti (Pomel, 1853) respectively.

Argenti, P., Kotsakis, A. (2009). The fossil remains of Soricidae and Leporidae (Mammalia) in the Early Pleistocene of Pietrafitta (Perugia, Central Italy). BOLLETTINO DELLA SOCIETÀ PALEONTOLOGICA ITALIANA, 48(1), 59-62.

The fossil remains of Soricidae and Leporidae (Mammalia) in the Early Pleistocene of Pietrafitta (Perugia, Central Italy)

KOTSAKIS, Anastassios
2009-01-01

Abstract

A rich mammalian assemblage, referred to the Early Pleistocene (late Villafranchian, Farneta Faunal Unit), was recovered in the lignite of Pietrafitta (Perugia, Central Italy). This fossil assemblage includes some remains of an insectivore of the family Soricidae and a lagomorph of the family Leporidae. The morphological and morphometrical analysis of these teeth allowed to refer the remains to Sorex cfr. S. minutus Linnaeus, 1758 and Oryctolagus cfr. O. lacosti (Pomel, 1853) respectively.
2009
Argenti, P., Kotsakis, A. (2009). The fossil remains of Soricidae and Leporidae (Mammalia) in the Early Pleistocene of Pietrafitta (Perugia, Central Italy). BOLLETTINO DELLA SOCIETÀ PALEONTOLOGICA ITALIANA, 48(1), 59-62.
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