Settepolesini di Bondeno (Ferrara - Eastern Po Valley) the first example of mammoth steppe in Italy.

A ste of the eastern Po valley (Settepolesini di Bondeno, Ferrara), containing very abundant fauna from the Middle Wurmian, Late Glacial and Holocene (Roman Age) is reported. The oldest faunal association portrays, for the first time in Italy, a mammoth steppe with Mammuthus primigenius, Coelodonta...

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Main Authors: GALLINI V, SALA, Benedetto
Other Authors: CavarrettaG., Gioia P., Mussi M., Palombo M.R., Gallini, V, Sala, Benedetto
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche 2001
Subjects:
Mammoth steppe
Late Pleistocene
Northern Italy
Ferrara
Giganteus
Alces alces
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11392/1195593
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Summary:A ste of the eastern Po valley (Settepolesini di Bondeno, Ferrara), containing very abundant fauna from the Middle Wurmian, Late Glacial and Holocene (Roman Age) is reported. The oldest faunal association portrays, for the first time in Italy, a mammoth steppe with Mammuthus primigenius, Coelodonta antiquitatis, Megaloceros giganteus, Bison priscus, alces alces, etc. The Late Glacial association provides evidence of a steppe dominated by bison. Radiometric datings are presented.

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