Monticino Quarry
Basic information
Sample name: Monticino Quarry
Reference: A. Villa, G. Carnevale, M. Pavia, L. Rook, M. Sami, Z. Szyndlar, and M. Delfino. 2021. An overview of the late miocene vertebrates from the fissure fillings of Monticino quarry (Brisighella, Italy), with new data on non-mammalian taxa. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 127(2):297-354 [ER 4027]
Geography
Country: Italy
State: Ravenna
Coordinate: 44.2° N, 11.8° E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Formation: Colombacci
Time interval: Late Miocene
Zone: MN13
Geography comments: "The strict local and regional geological constraints (Marabini & Vai 1989; Vai 1989) allowed a correlation of the vertebrate assemblage with the latest Messinian and with the European land Mammal Age Mn 13"
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Taphonomic context: fissure fill
Habitat comments: "marly-clays, fine grained conglomerates and sand lenses"
Methods
Life forms: fishes,salamanders,frogs,turtles,lizards,snakes,birds,other reptiles
Sample size: 3462 specimens
Sampling comments: "fossils of non-mammalian vertebrates from Monticino Quarry are stored either at the Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Firenze (Florence, Italy) or at the Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali di Faenza (Faenza, Italy)"
Metadata
Sample number: 4443
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: Nicholas Vine
Modifier no: Nicholas Vine
Created: 2024-11-10 10:12:42
Modified: 2024-11-14 09:07:05
Abundance distribution
39 species
11 singletons
total count 3462
geometric series index: 68.3
Fisher's α: 6.158
geometric series k: 0.8110
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.3081
Shannon's H: 0.8799
Good's u: 0.9968
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| †Aphanius crassicaudus | 1 | |
| Cichlidae indet. | 1 | |
| ?Cichlidae indet. | ||
| Sciaenidae indet. | 1 | |
| ?Sciaenidae indet. | ||
| Lissotriton sp. | 1 | |
| Urodela indet. | 5 | |
| Latonia sp. | 2 | |
| ?Latonia sp. | ||
| Discoglossoidea indet. | 2 | |
| ?Discoglossoidea indet. | ||
| Bufonidae cf. Bufo gr. bufo | 4 | |
| Bufotes gr. viridis | 18 | |
| Bufonidae indet. | 12 | |
| Hylidae cf. Hyla sp. | 1 | |
| Pelobates sp. | 3 | |
| ?Pelobates sp. | ||
| Anguinae indet. | 2871 | |
| non-anguis | ||
| Pelophylax sp. | 3 | |
| Testudo s.l. | 45 | |
| Mauremys sp. | 3 | |
| Crocodylia indet. | 2 | |
| Agaminae indet. | 3 | |
| Eremiadini indet. | 8 | |
| Lacertidae indet. | 107 | |
| Scincidae indet. | 1 | |
| ?Scincidae indet. | ||
| Serpentes indet. | 1 | |
| ?Serpentes indet. | ||
| Ophisaurus sp. | 27 | |
| Pseudopus sp. | 7 | |
| Varanus sp. | 13 | |
| Amphisbaenia indet. | 5 | |
| Eryx cf. jaculus | 81 | |
| Platyceps planicarinatus | 3 | |
| Colubridae cf. Paleoheterodon arcuatus | 2 | |
| Natrix sp. | 1 | |
| Malpolon sp. | 154 | |
| Vipera s.l. | 47 | |
| Vipera sp. 2 | 1 | |
| Colubroides indet. | 7 | |
| Phasianidae indet. | 10 | |
| Otididae indet. | 1 | |
| Strigiformes indet. | 1 | |
| Accipitridae indet. | 3 | |
| Passeriformes indet. | 4 | |