Vigna Nuova (upper layer)
Basic information
Sample name: Vigna Nuova (upper layer)
Reference: B. Azzarà, M. Breda, O. Cirilli, J. Madurell-Malapeira, F. Ruzza, L. Sorbelli, D. Tancredi, and M. Cherin. 2022. Vigna Nuova: the first Middle Villafranchian mammal assemblage from the Valdichiana Basin, Perugia (Italy). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 61(2):223-247 [ER 4016]
Geography
Country: Italy
State: Perugia
Coordinate: 42° 58' 4" N, 12° 4' 4" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Early Pleistocene
Section: Vigna Nuova
Unit number: 2
Unit order: below to above
Ma: 1.5
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: near Piegaro
dated to the late Villafranchian and specifically 1.5 Ma based on biochronology, and specifically on correlation with "the nearby locality of Selvella"
dated to the late Villafranchian and specifically 1.5 Ma based on biochronology, and specifically on correlation with "the nearby locality of Selvella"
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: the section is now "almost completely covered by vegetation" but appears to include "conglomerates with rounded, polygenic clasts, sometimes with imbricate bedding, alternating with thin layers of medium-coarse sand"
the fossils "show traces of a dark-yellow to reddish sand"
"Most of the remains show evidence of abrasion and breakage typical of fluvial transport, whereas weathering is low (Fig. 2b) suggesting a little time spent in the sub-aerial environment prior to burial"
the fossils "show traces of a dark-yellow to reddish sand"
"Most of the remains show evidence of abrasion and breakage typical of fluvial transport, whereas weathering is low (Fig. 2b) suggesting a little time spent in the sub-aerial environment prior to burial"
Methods
Life forms: ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: specimens
Years: 1989
Sampling comments: the site "was unearthed in 1989 during excavation works... for the planting of a vineyard"
the material "is curated by Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio dell'Umbria"
the material "is curated by Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio dell'Umbria"
Metadata
Sample number: 4432
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2024-11-06 04:05:49
Modified: 2024-11-06 04:05:49
Abundance distribution
1 species
0 singletons
total count 18
geometric series index: not computable
Fisher's α: NULL
geometric series k:
Hurlbert's PIE: 1.0000
Shannon's H: 0.0000
Good's u: 0.0000
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