Frantoio (Arda River)
Basic information
Sample name: Frantoio (Arda River)
Reference: F. Bona and B. Sala. 2016. Villafranchian-Galerian mammal faunas transition in South-Western Europe. The case of the late Early Pleistocene mammal fauna of the Frantoio locality, Arda River (Castell Arquato, Piacenza, Northern Italy). Geobios 49:329-347 [ER 3907]
Geography
Country: Italy
State: Emilia Romagna
County: Piacenza
Coordinate: 44.854424° N, 9.874545° E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Formation: Castell'Arquato
Time interval: Early Pleistocene
Ma: 0.99
Age basis: paleomag
Geography comments: The Frantoio locality is situated in the Arda River site near Castell'Arquato, Emilia Romagna
Specific coordinates or maps are not provided therefore given coordinates are based on the nearby town of Castell'Arquato
Magnetostratigraphy has dated the fossiliferous level to the uppermost Jaramillo subchron (0.99 Ma)
Specific coordinates or maps are not provided therefore given coordinates are based on the nearby town of Castell'Arquato
Magnetostratigraphy has dated the fossiliferous level to the uppermost Jaramillo subchron (0.99 Ma)
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: The mammalian remains were collected from a continental clay layer
The faunal composition indicates a palaeoenvironment consisting of inundated woodlands on an alluvial plain with patches of grassland
It can be inferred that the remains were transported by the river and deposited in a lagoon/marsh where decomposition occured without further transport
The faunal composition indicates a palaeoenvironment consisting of inundated woodlands on an alluvial plain with patches of grassland
It can be inferred that the remains were transported by the river and deposited in a lagoon/marsh where decomposition occured without further transport
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates
Sampling methods: surface
Sample size: 41 specimens
Sampling comments: 61 remains were collected between 2006-2015 consisting of 7 taxa
At the time of publishing no field excavations were carried out, with remains being collected immediately after flood episodes
At the time of publishing no field excavations were carried out, with remains being collected immediately after flood episodes
Metadata
Sample number: 4296
Contributor: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Created: 2023-06-09 13:27:35
Modified: 2023-06-09 03:27:35
Abundance distribution
7 species
0 singletons
total count 41
geometric series index: 9.9
Fisher's α: 2.427
geometric series k: 0.7230
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7726
Shannon's H: 1.6819
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| †Ursus dolinensis | 4 | |
| †Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis | 14 | |
| Hippopotamus sp. | 2 | |
| †Sus strozzii | 2 | |
| †Dama farnetensis | 2 | |
| "Pseudodama farnetensis": see van der Made et al. (2023) | ||
| Praemegaceros sp. | 7 | |
| Bison sp. | 10 | |
| "Bison (Bison) sp." | ||