Preliminary data on the micro- and macromammal remains from Casa Sgherri, Lower Valdarno (Tuscany, Italy)

Preliminary data on a new mammal bearing deposit of Lower Valdarno (on the right-hand side of the Arno river) are presented here. Large mammals include Macaca sylvana florentina, Enhydrictis ardea, Acinonyx pardinensis, Sus strozii, Pseudodama sp., Capreolus sp. and Leptobos sp. The small mammals are represented by Glis sp., Mimomys pitymyoides, Mimomys cf. M. pusillus, Mimomys sp. 1, Mimomys sp. 2, Apodemus dominans, Hystrix refossa, and Oryctolagus cf. O. lacosti. The assemblage is refereble to the Middle or early Late Villafranchian and is therefore attributed to the Costa San Giacomo or Olivola Faunal Units. This attribution confirms the most recent interpretations of the basin between Monte Pisani and Monte Albano, considering the basal portion of the fluvial deposits of the Massarella Unit as Late Pliocene.