PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOENVIRONMENT IN NORTH-WESTERN ITALY (SOUTHERN ALPS) DURING THE LAST GLACIAL STAGE: THE SMALL-MAMMAL RECORD FROM THE BUCO DEL FRATE CAVE (PREVALLE – BRESCIA)

• Published in: RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA
• Main Authors: Fabio Bona, MARCO BAIONI, ELISABETTA CILLI
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Milano University Press 2023
• Subjects: Steppe environment; western Po Plain; small-mammals; Geology; QE1-996.5; Paleontology; QE701-760; Ferrara; taiga
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.54103/2039-4942/18113; https://doaj.org/article/97f6f29e86da4e619289988c0effc3a9

The palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental data obtained by the study of the Buco del Frate cave small-mammals indicate that, around 40,000 years ago (MIS3), the eastern part of the province of Brescia, immediately to the west of Lake Garda, was characterised by the presence of open taiga environmen...